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The paramedic asks what happened: what to say in Spanish
The paramedic asks what happened.
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How it's done. Paramedics ask: ¿Qué ha pasado?, ¿Desde cuándo?, ¿Es alérgico a algo?, ¿Toma medicación?; answer briefly: Se ha caído, Le duele el pecho.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
¿Qué ha pasado? ¿Desde cuándo está así?Keh uh puh-SAH-doh? DEZ-deh koo-AHN-doh es-TAH uh-SEE?
What happened? Since when has he been like this?
They might also say:
Cuéntenos qué le ha ocurrido. ¿Cuánto hace?
Koo-AYN-teh-nos keh leh uh oh-koor-REE-doh. Koo-AHN-toh AH-seh?
Tell us what happened to him. How long ago?
YOU REPLY
Se ha caído de la escalera hace diez minutos.
Seh uh kuh-EE-doh deh lah es-kuh-LEH-ruh AH-seh dyehs mee-NOO-tos.
He fell down the stairs ten minutes ago.
THEY SAY
¿Es alérgico a algún medicamento?Es uh-LEHR-khee-koh uh uhl-GOON meh-dee-kuh-MAYN-toh?
Is he allergic to any medicine?
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YOU REPLY
No, que yo sepa.
Noh, keh yoh SEH-puh.
No, as far as I know.
THEY SAY
Vale, lo anoto. Lo llevamos al hospital.BAH-leh, loh uh-NOH-toh. Loh yeh-BAH-mos ahl os-pee-TAHL.
OK, I'll note it down. We'll take him to hospital.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. Voy con ustedes.
GRAH-syuhs. Boy kohn oos-TEH-des.
Thanks. I'm coming with you.
Words worth knowing
ha
uh
verb
has (auxiliary)
pasado
puh-SAH-doh
adjective
last, past
cuándo
koo-AHN-doh
adverb
when
está
es-TAH
verb
is, is located
así
uh-SEE
adverb
like this, so
caído
kuh-EE-doh
verb
fallen
escalera
es-kuh-LEH-ruh
noun
stairs
hace
AH-seh
verb
makes, does
minutos
mee-NOO-tos
noun
minutes
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If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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