Clarifying Patient Symptoms

Topic:  Clarifying details of patient symptoms

Target Audience:  ER or urgent care clinicians 

Video Version

First, I’ll walk you through how to Clarify Patient Symptoms in video form. 

(FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.)

Written Version

If you prefer, here’s the written version of the words & phrases.

(FYI, I have another blog post where I shared these same phrases along with some other really common Spanish vocab words that everyone should know.)

Note: Parentheses mean the word(s) can be left out, and the phrase should still make sense.

EnglishSpanish
How much? / how many?Cuánto? / cuántos?
How many times…Cuántas veces…
per day/al día/
per week/a la semana/
per month?al mes?
How often?Cada cuánto?
A lotMucho
A littleUn poco [or just “poco”]
Who?Quién?
What?Qué?
Where (exactly)?Dónde (exactamente)?
When?Cuándo?
In the morning?Por la mañana?
At night?En la noche?
For how many…Por cuántos/cuántas…
SecondsSegundos
MinutesMinutos
HoursHoras
DaysDías
WeeksSemanas
MonthsMeses
YearsAños
SoonPronto
Now / right nowAhora / ahorita
TodayHoy
HereAquí
ThereAllí
BetterMejor
WorsePeor
I don’t know.No sé.
I’m not sure.No estoy seguro.
I don’t understand.No entiendo.

Wrapping Up

Thanks for checking out my words and phrases for Clarifying Symptoms in Spanish.

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