Unit 8         Abdominal Disorder

 

Listen and repeat the Spanish Words

 

Vocabulary: Words related to abdominal disorder

 

Nauseated                              el estómago revuelto

Vomiting                                  vomitando

Painful                                     le duele

Or you can also use the word: doloroso

Urinate                                    orinar

Does it hurt?                           le duele

And the Informal Spanish:      te duele

 

Let’s use the previous words in the following questions:

 

Do you feel nausea ?                          Siente náusea ?

And the Informal Spanish when you talk to a young person:  sientes náusea ?

Are you nauseated ?                           Siente el estómago revuelto ?

And the Informal Spanish:                   Sientes el estómago revuelto?

Does it hurt here ?                              Duele aquí ?

Does it hurt when I press here?         Duele cuando aprieto aquí ?

Have you been vomiting ?                   Ha estado vomitando ?

And the Informal Spanish:                   Has estado vomitando ?

Are you moving your bowels normally ?         Es regular su excremento ?

And the Informal Spanish:                               Es regular tu excremento ?

Did you receive a blow to the abdomen?       Ha recibido un golpe en el abdomen ?

And the informal Spanish:                   Has recibido un golpe en el abdomen ?

Is it painful to urinate ?                        Duele al orinar ?

Any cramps ?                                      Hay calambres ?

Remember that you can also use the previous word that you learned in Unit 7:  Hay cólicos ?

 

Mini Grammar: Something hurts

 

The most common way that a Spanish speaking person will use to describe pain is with the phrase: Me duele… followed by a body part: for example: Me duele el pecho (my chest hurts); Me duelen los pies (my feet hurt).

 

Other ways to express pain are the following:

 

I hurt my hand                                     Me lastimé la mano

The man hurt my hand                       El hombre me lastimó la mano.

To find out if someone is hurt or injured, and there is a wound involved, say: Está herido ?

Or if you are talking to a female:         Está herida ?

If there’s no wound, you can ask:       Está lastimado ?

And if you are talking to a female:       Está lastimada ?

                       

 

Cultural Info: Colloquial expressions related to stomach

 

Others words that people use instead of “estómago” are the following: Panza and Barriga; both mean belly. If you are talking to a child, you can use the diminutive: “pancita” or “barriguita”. “Panzón”  or “Barrigón” is applied to a male that has a big belly. “Panzona” literally means that a female has a big belly but can it can also be used as a vulgar way to say ‘pregnant’, for example: “Maria está panzona” (María is pregnant) or “María salió panzona” (María got pregnant).

 

This is the end of Unit 8