Spanish · Farmacia / receta
You ask for medicine for a child with a temperature: what to say in Spanish
You ask for medicine for a child with a fever.
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How it's done. For children the dose depends on weight or age: según el peso; syrup is jarabe, suppositories supositorios, drops gotas.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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YOU START
Buenos días, mi hijo tiene fiebre. ¿Qué le puedo dar?
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, mee EE-khoh TYEH-neh FYEH-breh. Keh leh poo-EH-doh dahr?
Good morning, my son has a fever. What can I give him?
THEY SAY
¿Cuántos años tiene y cuánto pesa?Koo-AHN-tos AH-nyos TYEH-neh ee koo-AHN-toh PEH-suh?
How old is he and how much does he weigh?
They might also say:
¿Qué edad tiene y cuánto pesa más o menos?
Keh eh-DAHD TYEH-neh ee koo-AHN-toh PEH-suh mahs oh MEH-nos?
How old is he and roughly how much does he weigh?
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YOU REPLY
Cinco años y unos dieciocho kilos.
SEEN-koh AH-nyos ee OO-nos dyeh-SYOH-choh KEE-los.
Five years old and about eighteen kilos.
THEY SAY
Este jarabe, cinco mililitros cada ocho horas.ES-teh khuh-RAH-beh, SEEN-koh mee-lee-LEE-tros KAH-duh OH-choh OH-ruhs.
This syrup, five millilitres every eight hours.
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YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Si la fiebre no baja, vaya al médico.Deh NAH-duh. See lah FYEH-breh noh BAH-khuh, BAH-ah ahl MEH-dee-koh.
You're welcome. If the fever doesn't go down, see a doctor.
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.
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Words worth knowing
Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
hijo
EE-khoh
noun
son
tiene
TYEH-neh
verb
has
fiebre
FYEH-breh
noun
fever
puedo
poo-EH-doh
verb
I can
28 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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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