pharmacies/medicines/minor ailments

[AnnaC]

I don't think we've done this yet if we have please let me know.

la farmacia/the pharmacy

el farmacéutico/la farmacéutica/pharmacist,druggist

la receta/prescription

el medicamento/medicine

el jarabe ( para los tos)/ cough mixture

la pomada/ointment,cream

la pastilla/pill,tablet

la aspirina/aspirin

el antibiótico/antibiotic

el analgésico/painkiller

el antiinflamatorio/anti-inflammatory

el tubo/tube

el algodón/cotton

el alcohol/surgical spirit,rubbing alcohol

el agua oxigenada/hydrogen peroxide

la toalla sanitaria/sanitary napkin, pad

el tampón/ tampon

el preservativo/condom

la píldora (anticonceptiva)/ the (contraceptive) pill

[AnnaC]

el dolor de cabeza/headache

el dolor de garganta/sore throat

el dolor de estómago/stomach ache

el dolor de oído/earache

el dolor de muelas/toothache

el catarro, el resfriado/ a cold

la gripe/flu,cold

la cortada/cut

la herida/wound

la inflamación/inflammation

la quemadura/burn

la quemadura de sol/sunburn

la mordedura/bite (from a snake,dog)

la picadura/bite,sting ( from an insect)

la alergia/allergy

la fiebre del heno/hay fever

la fiebre/fever/temperature

inflamado/da/swollen

ronco/ca/hoarse

cansado/da/tired

picar/to sting (insect)

morder/to bite (snake or dog)

cortarse/to cut oneself

quemarse/to burn oneself


let me know if you see spelling mistakes

Thanks

[AnnaC]

¿qué sintomas tiene?/what symptoms do you have?

sentirse bien,mal/to feel well, ill

sentirse peor/to feel worse

le duele la cabeza/his head hurts

le duelen las articulaciones/his joints hurt

me quemé/I’ve burnt myself

me picó un mosquito/ I’ve got a mosquito bite

estar resfriado/da/to have a cold

estar constipado/da/to be constipated

no se vende sin receta/it’s not sold over the counter ( without prescription)

[macocael]

A few corrections:

"la gripe" not gripa. And most of the time when the people use this term they actually mean they have a cold. They almost never say "catarro" or "resfriado" and the former term is used to refer to a "gurb."

Constipation here is described as "estreñimento" and "estreñido."

Swollen is "hinchado"


And prescriptions should never give anyone a problem here -- they appear to be used mainly by people to identify the medication rather than permit its purchase.

[mkohn]

Hi Anna,
Just a quick spelling corection.
le duele la cabeza

Been out of the country for a couple of weeks. Glad to be back.
mkohn

[AnnaC]

Originally Posted by mkohn

Hi Anna,
Just a quick spelling corection.
le duele la cabeza

Been out of the country for a couple of weeks. Glad to be back.
mkohn

Thanks Mary. Yes that was my own spelling mistake

[AnnaC]

Originally Posted by macocael

A few corrections:

"la gripe" not gripa.
.

I checked to see if it was my own spelling mistake but they have it as gripa=flu in a few different pages in the oxford Latin American version so now I'm confused but I changed it perhaps they made a mistake?

[Lesley D]

Maco and Anna-

Both words are used for the flu in Spanish. It just depends on the choice of the person. In the DR especially I have heard both which I find strange because in any given country words like that are usually across the board.

Having done extensive studies on word variations such as these I could tell you gripe is the standard and gripa is what is called an americanismo thus referring to the possibility of regional usage. Both are equally common. Please don't confuse the term americanismo vs anglo americanismo. Americanismo means it varies in Latin America or is specific to a Latin American country (this is a definition I meant to clarify in another thread). Anglo americanismo refers to Spanish spoken in the USA.


I use 'gripe' all the time.


-LDG.