Spanish · Urgencias / hospital
You explain at triage what happened: what to say in Spanish
You explain at triage what happened.
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How it's done. Useful phrases: Me he caído (I fell), Me he cortado (I cut myself), Me he torcido el tobillo (I twisted my ankle), No puedo respirar (I can't breathe).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
Cuénteme qué ha pasado.Koo-AYN-teh-meh keh uh puh-SAH-doh.
Tell me what happened.
YOU REPLY
Me he caído y me he torcido el tobillo.
Meh eh kuh-EE-doh ee meh eh tor-SEE-doh el toh-BEEY-oh.
I fell and twisted my ankle.
THEY SAY
¿Puede apoyar el pie?Poo-EH-deh uh-poh-AHR el pyeh?
Can you put weight on the foot?
They might also say:
¿Puede caminar?
Poo-EH-deh kuh-mee-NAHR?
Can you walk?
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YOU REPLY
Casi no puedo. Me duele mucho.
KAH-see noh poo-EH-doh. Meh doo-EH-leh MOO-choh.
Hardly. It hurts a lot.
THEY SAY
Vamos a hacerle una radiografía.BAH-mos uh uh-SEHR-leh OO-nuh ruh-dyoh-gruh-FEE-uh.
We'll do an X-ray.
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YOU FINISH
De acuerdo. Gracias.
Deh uh-koo-EHR-doh. GRAH-syuhs.
All right. Thanks.
THEY SAY
Espere aquí, un celador viene a por usted.Es-PEH-reh uh-KEE, oon seh-luh-DOR BYEH-neh uh por oos-TED.
Wait here, an orderly will come for you.
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
Cuénteme
Koo-AYN-teh-meh
verb
tell me
ha
uh
verb
has (auxiliary)
pasado
puh-SAH-doh
adjective
last, past
he
eh
verb
I have (auxiliary)
caído
kuh-EE-doh
verb
fallen
torcido
tor-SEE-doh
verb
twisted
27 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?
Similar situations
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→The doctor discharges you and gives you a discharge letterUrgencias / hospital · B1 in the app
→You call an ambulance through 112Urgencias / hospital · A2 in the app
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