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Join Luis and me as we review symptoms of the ears, nose, throat, and chest in Spanish.
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Gracias a Luis Almeida, de Venezuela, por ayudarnos con el español de esta lección.
Síntomas
Ears (and Eyes)
1:21 watery eyeslos ojos llorosos
ringing in the earsel zumbido en los oídosel tintineo en los oídos When referring to the sensory apparatus of the ear, we say OÍDO. When referring to the outer part of the ear or the auricle, we say OREJA.
plugged earel oído tapado
Mouth
2:24 toothacheel dolor de muelas el dolor de dientes MUELAS specifically refers to the molars, but it is very common to use DOLOR DE MUELAS when referring to a toothache.
bleeding gumslas encías sangrantes
mouse soreslas llagas en la boca
dry mouthla boca seca
Nose
3:33 congestionla congestión
congested or stuffy nosela nariz congestionada la nariz tapadala nariz constipada Cuidado con CONSTIPADO. It means CONGESTIONADO, not constipated.
runny nosemucha secreción nasal(los) mocosla nariz suelta* *The last one, LA NARIZ SUELTA, is not in the audio lesson. *
nosebleedel sangrado por/de la narizla hemorragia nasal
Throat
5:07 sore throatel dolor de garganta
scratchy or itchy throatla picazón en la gargantala comezón en la garganta
change in voiceel cambio en la voz
hoarsenessla ronquera
snoringlos ronquidos
coughla tos
cough with phlegm or productive coughla tos con flemas
lots of phlegmmucha flema
blood in the phlegmla sangre en las flemas
Cold and Flu
6:49 cold, as in upper respiratory infectionel catarroel resfriado
flu or bad coldla gripela gripa When you hear someone say, “Tengo gripe” or “Tengo gripa,” they’re usually saying that they have a bad cold and are not referring specifically to LA INFLUENZA.
Chest
7:35 chest painel dolor de pechoel dolor en el pecho Often, people with angina will deny having chest pain. Instead, they’ll describe a discomfort or pressure in the chest.
chest discomfortlas molestias en el pecho
chest pressurela presión en el pecho
rapid heartbeat los latidos rápidos del corazón
irregular heartbeatlos latidos irregulares del corazón
palpitationslas palpitaciones
difficulty breathing, shortness of breathla dificultad para respirarla falta de aire
wheezingla sibilanciael silbido Not all patients will know the word SIBILANCIA, so you could also use another word for wheezing, which also means whistle.
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