Learn Spanish – Feeling Unwell
Whether you are going to the Doctor, hospital or chemist – the following list in the learn Spanish section of this site may help. Get well soon!
- I’ve got a headache – me duele la cabeza
- I’ve got backache – me duele la espalda
- I’ve got a sore throat – me duele la garganta
- I’ve got a cold – estoy constipado/a
- I’ve got earache – me duele el oido
- I’m constipated – estoy estreñido/a
- I’ve got diarrhoea – Tengo diarrea
- I have been sick – he vomitado
- I have asthma – tengo asma
- I am allergic to… – soy alérgico/a…
- It hurts a lot – me duele mucho
- It hurts a little – me duele un poco
- It hurts here – me duele aqui
- I’m pregnant – estoy en estado / estoy embarazada
Do you have anything for…? – ¿Tiene algo para…?
- a cough – la tos
- a headache – el dolor de cabeza
- a hangover – una resaca
- suburn – las quemaduras del sol
Do you have…? – ¿Tiene…?
- Aspirin – aspirina
- Antihistamine – antihistaminico
- Laxatives – los laxantes
- Condoms – condones / preservativos (no, not jam… that is mermelada)
- Cough mixture – un jarabe
- Plaster / Bandaid – una caja de tiritas
- Sanitary towels – paños higiénicos / compresas
Elle, along with Alan, is the owner of Spain Buddy and the busy web design business – Spain Web Design by Gandy-Draper.
Born a “Norverner”, she then spent most of her life “Dann Saff” before moving to Spain in 2006. Elle’s loves are Alan, the internet, dogs, good food, and dry white wine – although not necessarily in that order.
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Brian McLean
July 29, 2013 @ 1:36 pm
Elle, your favourite nit-picker is back again. You’re missing a couples of accents. Cough medicine, perhaps best as jarabe para la tos, just to make sure you don’t get given one for, say, worms (la solitaria). I’ve got a cold? Although there may be regional differences as to preferences, at least in my neck of the woods, you hear “estoy resfriado” more often. Unless it’s a real dicky bird of a cold, in which case it could be “tengo un constipado de caballo” which is an augmentative used for many things. “He pillado una mierda de caballo” I’m as pissed as a rat and variants on the same theme.
Elle Draper
July 29, 2013 @ 2:18 pm
Hello Brian – thanks as always for any feedback.
Regarding the cold – that version came from a formal source; although I’ve also heard/used it in Lanzarote too. I’ll add yours in of course.
Elle xx