Vocabulario: Enfermedad y salud

Objetivos

Recognize vocabulary related to illness and health

Enfermedad y salud

Play AudioLas enfermedades comunes y condiciones delicadas de salud del diario vivir

swelling

la hinchazón (swelling)

photo of a scraped knee with bandage

la raspadura (scrape)

bandages

la herida (wound)

Scars on an arm

la cicatriz (scar)

Play AudioAlgunos verbos usados en el tema de la salud.

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lastimarse (to injure oneself)

Detail from painting of woman swooning (fainting)

desmayarse (to faint)

Dog with a plastic head cone (to help recuperation)

recuperarse (to recuperate)

Foot pain

doler (o < ue) (similar usage as “gustar”, e.g. A José le duelen los pies = José’s feet hurt.)

Condiciones físicas y psicológicas de cuidado

man holding his jaw

tener un dolor de muela (to have a toothache)

picture of trees with spinning effect

estar mareado/a (to be dizzy)

Play AudioEn el consultorio médico y las emergencias en el hospital

doctor writing prescription

la receta médica (prescription)

Man wearing bandage having just had a vaccine shot

la vacuna (vaccine)

surgeon

el cirujano/ la cirujana

picture of a nurse with a patient

el enfermero / la enfermera

Otras palabras

magnified blood cells

la sangre (blood)

Picture of a health insurance card

el seguro de salud (health insurance)