Spanish 101: En el consultorio y el pretérito imperfecto
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Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering medical and bodily terminology, regional variations, healthcare system practices in Spanish-speaking countries, and grammar concepts of the Spanish imperfect tense.
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el consultorio
Doctor's office.
la sala de emergencias
Emergency room.
el oído
(Sense of) hearing; inner ear (distinguished from la oreja, the outer ear).
el cuello
Neck.
la garganta
Throat.
el tobillo
Ankle.
la rodilla
Knee.
el hueso
Bone.
el dedo del pie
Toe.
caerse
To fall (down).
darse con
To bump into; to run into.
doler (o:ue)
To hurt or ache (grammatically conjugated like the verb gustar).
lastimarse (el pie)
To injure (one's foot).
recetar
To prescribe.
romperse (la pierna)
To break (one's leg).
sacar(se) un diente
To have a tooth removed or extracted.
torcerse (o:ue) (el tobillo)
To sprain (one's ankle).
poner una inyección
To give an injection.
tomar la temperatura
To take someone's temperature.
mareado/a
Dizzy; nauseated.
congestionado/a
Congested.
la gripe
Flu.
el resfriado
Cold.
la tos
Cough.
la radiografía
X-ray.
gripa
Lexical variant for la gripe (flu), used in Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico.
catarro
Lexical variant for el resfriado (cold), used in Cuba, Spain, and Guatemala.
sala de urgencias
Lexical variant for la sala de emergencias (emergency room), used in Argentina, Colombia, Spain, and Mexico.
quebrarse
Lexical variant for romperse (to break), used in Argentina and Guatemala.
farmacia de guardia
A 24-hour on-duty pharmacy in each neighborhood that remains open outside standard commercial hours.
cruz verde
The green cross symbol of pharmacies in many Hispanic countries; when lit, it indicates the pharmacy is open.
había
The imperfect form of the verb hay, meaning 'there was', 'there were', or 'there used to be'.
Irregular verbs in the imperfect tense
The only three verbs with irregular imperfect conjugations: ir (iba), ser (era), and ver (veía).
Uses of the imperfect tense
Habitual or repeated actions in the past, actions in progress, past descriptions, time in the past, and age in the past.