Spanish · Centro de salud / médico de cabecera
You return for a check-up and the doctor asks how you are feeling: what to say in Spanish
You return for a check-up and the doctor asks how you feel.
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How it's done. At a follow-up the doctor asks ¿Cómo se encuentra? (how are you feeling); if the medicine isn't helping or has side effects, say so plainly.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.
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
¿Cómo se encuentra hoy?KOH-moh seh ayn-koo-AYN-truh oy?
How are you feeling today?
They might also say:
¿Qué tal ha ido esta semana?
Keh tahl uh EE-doh ES-tuh seh-MAH-nuh?
How has this week gone?
YOU REPLY
Mucho mejor, la fiebre ha bajado.
MOO-choh meh-KHOR, lah FYEH-breh uh buh-KHAH-doh.
Much better, the fever has gone down.
THEY SAY
Me alegro. ¿Y la tos?Meh uh-LEH-groh. Ee lah tos?
I'm glad. And the cough?
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YOU REPLY
Todavía tengo un poco de tos por la noche.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh TAYN-goh oon POH-koh deh tos por lah NOH-cheh.
I still have a little cough at night.
THEY SAY
Es normal. Siga con el jarabe unos días más.Es nor-MAHL. SEE-guh kohn el khuh-RAH-beh OO-nos DEE-uhs mahs.
That's normal. Keep on with the syrup a few more days.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias, doctora. ¿Vuelvo a revisión?
GRAH-syuhs, dok-TOH-ruh. Boo-EL-boh uh reh-bee-SYOHN?
Thank you, doctor. Should I come back for a check-up?
THEY SAY
Sí, dentro de una semana, si sigue con tos.See, DAYN-troh deh OO-nuh seh-MAH-nuh, see SEE-geh kohn tos.
Yes, in a week, if you still have the cough.
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
encuentra
ayn-koo-AYN-truh
verb
is located
hoy
oy
adverb
today
Mucho
MOO-choh
adverb
a lot
mejor
meh-KHOR
adjective
better
fiebre
FYEH-breh
noun
fever
ha
uh
verb
has (auxiliary)
32 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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