VOCABULARY - UPPER-INTEMEDIATE
Illness & Treatment [T1]
SYMPTOMS
- to have a temperature = tener fiebre
- to have a cough = tener TOS
- to have a headache = tener dolor cabeza
- to have a earache = tener dolor oidos
- to have a stomach ache = tener dolor barriga
- to have a pain in (his chest)= tener un dolor en..
- to have a sore + p.body (throat) = tener un dolor de (garganta)
- to have a rash = tener una erupción
- to have a blister = tener una ampolla
- to have diarrhoea = tener diarrea
- P.body + hurt (s) = le duele...
- P.body + ache (s) = le duele..
- to feelsick = sentirse enfermo
- to besick = = to vomit
- to feeldizzy = sentirse mareado
- to be faint / fainted = desmayarse
- to be sneeze /sneezing= estornudar
- to be bleeding = estar sangrando
- to be swollen = estar hinchado (anke=tobillo)
- to be unconscious = estar inconsciente
ILLNESES & INJURES
- to have flu = tener gripe
- to have asthma = tener asma
- to have high/low blood pressure = pres. arterial
- to have a heart attack = t. ataque corazón
- to have a stroke = tener un ictus
- to have food poisoning = t. intox.alim.
- to have a bruise = tener un moretón
- to be caught a cold = resfriado
- to be allergic = ser alérgico
- to be twisted / sprained = esquince, torcedura
- to be burnt = quemado
- deep cut = corte profundo
TREATMENT
- bandage = vendaje
- injection = inyección
- operation = operación
- rest = reposar
- specialist = especialista
- wound = herida
- needle = aguja
- stitches = puntos
- x-ray = radiografía
- drug = droga, medicamento
- medicine = medicina (medicamento)
- paintkillers = analgésico
- antibiotics = antibiótico