Spanish · Centro de salud / médico de cabecera
You explain to the doctor what is bothering you: what to say in Spanish
You explain to the doctor what is bothering you.
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How it's done. The doctor starts with ¿Qué le pasa? or ¿Qué le trae por aquí?; the simplest answer is Me duele... (it hurts) or Tengo... (I have).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
Buenos días. ¿Qué le pasa?Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs. Keh leh PAH-suh?
Good morning. What's the matter?
They might also say:
Buenos días. ¿Qué le trae por aquí?
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs. Keh leh TRAH-eh por uh-KEE?
Good morning. What brings you here?
YOU REPLY
Tengo dolor de cabeza y fiebre desde ayer.
TAYN-goh doh-LOR deh kuh-BEH-suh ee FYEH-breh DEZ-deh uh-EHR.
I have a headache and a fever since yesterday.
THEY SAY
¿Cuánta fiebre tiene?Koo-AHN-tuh FYEH-breh TYEH-neh?
How high is the fever?
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YOU REPLY
Treinta y ocho grados.
TRAYN-tuh ee OH-choh GRAH-dos.
Thirty-eight degrees.
THEY SAY
Vamos a mirarle la garganta. Abra la boca, por favor.BAH-mos uh mee-RAHR-leh lah guhr-GAHN-tuh. AH-bruh lah BOH-kuh, por fuh-BOR.
Let's look at your throat. Open your mouth, please.
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YOU FINISH
Aquí tiene. ¿Es grave?
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. Es GRAH-beh?
Here you are. Is it serious?
THEY SAY
No, parece una faringitis. Le receto algo.Noh, puh-REH-seh OO-nuh fuh-reen-KHEE-tees. Leh reh-SEH-toh AHL-goh.
No, it looks like pharyngitis. I'll prescribe something.
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
Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
pasa
PAH-suh
verb
passes
Tengo
TAYN-goh
verb
I have
dolor
doh-LOR
noun
pain
cabeza
kuh-BEH-suh
noun
head
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?
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