🏥 Health · La salud
Talk about illness, symptoms and a visit to the doctor. 18 words.
Article colours: blue = masculine (el), pink = feminine (la), purple = both (el/la).
| Spanish | Translation | Example sentence |
|---|---|---|
| la enfermedad | illness | Esa enfermedad es muy común en invierno.That illness is very common in winter. |
| la fiebre | fever | Mi hijo tiene treinta y ocho de fiebre.My son has a fever of thirty-eight degrees. |
| el resfriado | cold | Tengo un resfriado desde el lunes.I've had a cold since Monday. |
| el dolor | pain | Tengo un dolor de cabeza terrible.I have a terrible headache. |
| la medicina | medicine | Tienes que tomar esta medicina tres veces al día.You have to take this medicine three times a day. |
| la pastilla | pill | Toma una pastilla después de comer.Take a pill after eating. |
| la receta | prescription | Necesita una receta para comprar ese medicamento.You need a prescription to buy that medicine. |
| la cita | appointment | Tengo una cita con el médico a las cuatro.I have an appointment with the doctor at four. |
| el síntoma | symptom | El cansancio fue el primer síntoma que notó.Fatigue was the first symptom he noticed. |
| la urgencias | emergency room | Tuvimos que ir a urgencias por la noche.We had to go to the emergency room at night. |
| la vacuna | vaccine | Desarrollaron la vacuna en tiempo récord.They developed the vaccine in record time. |
| el análisis | test (blood work) | El médico pidió un análisis de sangre.The doctor requested a blood test. |
| la herida | wound | La herida en la rodilla ya está curada.The wound on the knee has already healed. |
| toser | to cough | El niño no paraba de toser.The child wouldn't stop coughing. |
| curarse | to recover | Espero curarme pronto de este resfriado.I hope to recover soon from this cold. |
| romperse | to break (a body part) | Se rompió el brazo jugando al fútbol.He broke his arm while playing football. |
| sano | healthy | Mi abuela sigue muy sana a los ochenta años.My grandmother is still very healthy at eighty. |
| enfermo | sick | No fui a trabajar porque estaba enfermo.I didn't go to work because I was sick. |
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