Telling doctor stomach hurts: Saying your stomach hurts and for how long
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Key Phrases
Me duele el estómago desde hace tres días.
My stomach has hurt for three days.
¿Tiene fiebre o vómito?
Do you have a fever or vomiting?
Tómela tres veces al día.
Take it three times a day.
Skills You'll Learn
Describing symptoms and their duration to a doctor
Describir síntomas y su duración ante un médico
Answering questions about the frequency and intensity of pain
Responder preguntas sobre la frecuencia e intensidad del dolor
Understanding medical instructions about medication
Entender instrucciones médicas sobre medicamentos
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at a doctor's office in Mexico. Your stomach has been hurting for a few days, and you want to get some help.
Buenas tardes. Siéntese, por favor. ¿Qué le pasa?
Good afternoon. Have a seat, please. What's wrong?
Buenas tardes, doctor. Me duele el estómago.
Good afternoon, doctor. My stomach hurts.
¿Desde cuándo le duele?
Since when has it been hurting?
Desde hace tres días.
For three days now.
¿Le duele todo el tiempo o a veces?
Does it hurt all the time or only sometimes?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Siéntese, por favor.
SYEN-teh-seh pohr fah-BOHR
Have a seat, please.
¿Qué le pasa?
keh leh PAH-sah
What's wrong?
🇲🇽 This is the standard opener from a doctor in Mexico. Answer with what hurts and how long, and skip the small talk.
See breakdown →Me duele el estómago.
meh DWEH-leh el es-TOH-mah-goh
My stomach hurts.
💬 In Spanish the body part does the hurting "to me", and it takes el, not "my". Swap in other parts: Me duele la cabeza "My head hurts". With more than one, use duelen: Me duelen los pies "My feet hurt".
See breakdown →¿Le duele?
leh DWEH-leh
Does it hurt?
💬 le is the polite "to you" the doctor uses. When you answer about yourself, it becomes me: Sí, me duele.
See breakdown →¿Desde cuándo le duele?
DES-deh KWAN-doh leh DWEH-leh
Since when has it been hurting?
💬 Spanish keeps the verb in the present here, where English says "has been hurting". Present tense plus desde covers something that started earlier and is still going on.
See breakdown →Desde hace tres días.
DES-deh AH-seh trehs DEE-ahs
For three days now.
💬 To say how long, use desde hace plus the amount of time. Swap in any length: desde hace una semana "for a week" or desde ayer "since yesterday".
See breakdown →Todo el tiempo
toh-doh el tee-EHM-poh
All the time
A veces
ah BEH-sehs
Sometimes
💬 vez "time, occasion" changes its z to c in the plural: veces. The same word appears in tres veces al día.
See breakdown →¿Le duele todo el tiempo o a veces?
leh DWEH-leh toh-doh el tee-EHM-poh oh ah BEH-sehs
Does it hurt all the time or only sometimes?
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