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.
| English | Spanish |
| 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 lot | Mucho |
| A little | Un 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… |
| Seconds | Segundos |
| Minutes | Minutos |
| Hours | Horas |
| Days | Días |
| Weeks | Semanas |
| Months | Meses |
| Years | Años |
| Soon | Pronto |
| Now / right now | Ahora / ahorita |
| Today | Hoy |
| Here | Aquí |
| There | Allí |
| Better | Mejor |
| Worse | Peor |
| 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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