Telling doctor stomach hurts: Saying your stomach hurts and for how long
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Key Phrases
Dói-me a barriga.
My stomach hurts.
Há quanto tempo tem essa dor?
How long have you had this pain?
Vou receitar-lhe um medicamento.
I'm going to prescribe you a medicine.
Skills You'll Learn
Describing symptoms and pain to a doctor
Descrever sintomas e dores a um médico
Answering questions about the duration and frequency of a symptom
Responder a perguntas sobre a duração e frequência de um sintoma
Using formal polite expressions during a medical appointment
Usar expressões formais de cortesia numa consulta médica
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at a doctor's office in Portugal. Your stomach has been hurting for a few days, and you want to get some help.
Bom dia. Sente-se, por favor. Então, o que se passa?
Good morning. Please have a seat. So, what's the matter?
Bom dia, senhora doutora. Dói-me a barriga.
Good morning, doctor. My stomach hurts.
Há quanto tempo tem essa dor?
How long have you had this pain?
Há três dias.
For three days.
Dói sempre ou só depois de comer?
Does it hurt all the time or only after eating?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Sente-se, por favor.
SEN-teh-seh poor fah-VOR
Please have a seat.
O que se passa?
oh keh seh PAH-sah
What's the matter?
Então, o que se passa?
en-TOWN oh keh seh PAH-sah
So, what's the matter?
Bom dia
bohng DEE-ah
Good morning
Senhora doutora
seh-NYOH-rah doh-TOH-ruh
Doctor (addressing a woman)
🇵🇹 In Portugal you address a doctor by title, not by name: senhora doutora for a woman, senhor doutor for a man. Skipping the title can sound abrupt.
See breakdown →Bom dia, senhora doutora.
bohng DEE-ah seh-NYOH-rah doh-TOH-ruh
Good morning, doctor.
Dói-me a barriga.
DOY-meh uh bah-RREE-gah
My stomach hurts.
💬 Portuguese says the body part does the hurting "to me": dói-me + the body part. If the body part is plural, dói becomes doem, as in Doem-me as costas "My back hurts".
See breakdown →Há quanto tempo?
ah KWAHN-too TEM-poo
How long?
💬 The h in há is silent, so it sounds like (ah). The same há starts the answer too: Há três dias.
See breakdown →Tem essa dor
tayng EH-sah dor
You have that pain
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