Spanish · Urgencias / hospital
You arrive at the emergency department in pain: what to say in Spanish
You arrive at the emergency department in pain.
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How it's done. At the hospital urgencias the urgency is assessed first (triaje): the most serious are seen first, so someone who came later may go in earlier.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
The first phrase is open: tap ▶ to listen, or “Show” to show it to the other person. The rest of the dialogue is in the course in the app.
1
YOU START
Buenas noches, me duele mucho el estómago.
Boo-EH-nuhs NOH-ches, meh doo-EH-leh MOO-choh el es-TOH-muh-goh.
Good evening, my stomach hurts a lot.
THEY SAY
¿Desde cuándo?DEZ-deh koo-AHN-doh?
Since when?
They might also say:
¿Hace cuánto tiempo?
AH-seh koo-AHN-toh TYEHM-poh?
How long ago?
2
YOU REPLY
Desde hace tres horas. Y tengo náuseas.
DEZ-deh AH-seh tres OH-ruhs. Ee TAYN-goh NOW-seh-uhs.
For three hours. And I feel nauseous.
THEY SAY
Siéntese y espere, ahora le atienden. Rellene este papel.SYAYN-teh-seh ee es-PEH-reh, uh-OH-ruh leh uh-TYAYN-dayn. Reh-EH-neh ES-teh puh-PEL.
Sit and wait, they will see you now. Fill in this form.
3
YOU FINISH
Gracias.
GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you.
THEY SAY
De nada. Le llamarán por su nombre.Deh NAH-duh. Leh yuh-muh-RAHN por soo NOM-breh.
You're welcome. They'll call you by name.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Buenas
Boo-EH-nuhs
adjective
good (feminine plural)
noches
NOH-ches
noun
nights, evenings
duele
doo-EH-leh
verb
hurts
mucho
MOO-choh
adverb
a lot
estómago
es-TOH-muh-goh
noun
stomach
cuándo
koo-AHN-doh
adverb
when
24 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
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?
Todavía no hablo bien español.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh AH-bloh byayn es-puh-NYOL.
I don't speak Spanish well yet.
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
Similar situations
You explain at triage what happenedUrgencias / hospital · A2 in the app
→You say that your chest hurtsUrgencias / hospital · A2 in the app
→Your child fell and hit their headUrgencias / hospital · A2 in the app
→The doctor discharges you and gives you a discharge letterUrgencias / hospital · B1 in the app
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