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.
For additional medical Spanish dialogues, check out my podcast! Details below. 🙂