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Personal hygiene and health

Learn words for daily personal hygiene and health. Use the body parts from the previous topic to say how you feel and what hurts.

Personal hygiene

Daily hygiene includes ducharse (to shower), lavarse (to wash) and cepillarse los dientes (to brush your teeth). For this you need el jabón (soap), la toalla (the towel), el cepillo de dientes (the toothbrush) and la ducha (the shower).

Health and ailments

la salud (health) matters. When you are ill you might say: Tengo fiebre. (I have a fever.) Tengo un resfriado. (I have a cold.) Tengo gripe. (I have the flu.) Tengo tos. (I have a cough.) Then you go to el médico (the doctor) or the el hospital (hospital), wait in la sala de espera (the waiting room) and get la medicina (the medicine) at la farmacia (the pharmacy). In an emergency you dial el teléfono de emergencia (the emergency number) and call la ambulancia (the ambulance).

How are you feeling?

Use estar to say how you feel right now: Estoy bien. (I am fine.) Estoy mal. (I am not well.) Estoy enfermo. (I am ill.) Estoy cansado. (I am tired.) Estoy triste. (I am sad.) Estoy contento. (I am happy.) estar fits here because it describes a temporary state. For fear, Spanish uses tener instead: tener miedo (to be afraid).

When something hurts

Use doler (to hurt) to say what hurts. For one body part it is me duele: Me duele la cabeza. (My head hurts.) Me duele la espalda. (My back hurts.) Me duele el estómago. (My stomach hurts.) For several body parts it is me duelen: Me duelen los pies. (My feet hurt.)

Examples

  • Me duele la cabeza.
  • Me duelen los pies.
  • Estoy bien.
  • Tengo fiebre.

Exercises

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Exercise 1 of 10

Health and ailments

Choose the matching meaning for each word.

Vocabulary about health.

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Exercise 2 of 10

Ailments with tener

Choose the matching meaning for each expression.

What do these expressions mean?

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Exercise 3 of 10

Me duele / me duelen

Watch for me duele (one body part) and me duelen (several body parts): which word fits?

Me duele la .
Me duele la .
Me duele el .
Me duelen los .
Me duelen las .
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Exercise 4 of 10

Estoy... – how are you?

Choose the matching word.

Hoy no me duele . Estoy muy .
Me duele la cabeza. Estoy .
Tengo 39 de fiebre. Estoy .
Trabajo mucho y . Estoy muy .
Mi está enfermo. Estoy .
Es mi . Estoy muy .
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Exercise 5 of 10

At the doctor's and at the pharmacy

Choose the correct words.

Hoy no bien. Tengo 38 de .
Voy al para que me .
El médico que tengo un .
ir a la para la medicina.
Espero al médico en la .
la para la tos.
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Exercise 6 of 10

Body, health, hygiene or feelings and looks?

Sort each word into the matching group.

What does each word belong to?

la pierna
el jabón
estar cansado
el hospital
la toalla
la cabeza
la tos
guapo
ducharse
el resfriado
la mano
estar bien
la farmacia
el cepillo de dientes
rubio
el estómago

Body

Health

Hygiene

Feelings and looks

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Exercise 7 of 10

Review: body and well-being

Choose the correct words.

Me duele mucho la después de .
comer, me lavo las .
Es y quiero . Estoy muy .
Voy al médico porque tengo .
Para ducharme necesito y una toalla.
Mi hermano dos metros. Es muy .
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Exercise 8 of 10

Listening: health

Listen to the word and choose the correct meaning.

Recognise the spoken word.

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Exercise 9 of 10

Flashcards: Personal hygiene and health

Look at the meaning and think of the matching Spanish word before revealing the solution.

Review the vocabulary: Personal hygiene and health

healthla salud
the medicinela medicina
to hurtdoler
to be illestar enfermo
to have a headachetener dolor de cabeza
to have a fevertener fiebre
the coldel resfriado
the flula gripe
the coughla tos
the doctorel médico
the hospitalel hospital
the pharmacyla farmacia
the emergency numberel teléfono de emergencia
the ambulancela ambulancia
the waiting roomla sala de espera
to be fineestar bien
to feel unwellestar mal
to be tiredestar cansado
to be sadestar triste
to be happyestar contento
to be afraidtener miedo
to showerducharse
to washlavarse
to brush your teethcepillarse los dientes
the soapel jabón
the toothbrushel cepillo de dientes
the towella toalla
the showerla ducha
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Exercise 10 of 10

Write the words: Personal hygiene and health

Read the meaning, write the Spanish word and check your answer.

Review the vocabulary: Personal hygiene and health

the doctorel médico
the hospitalel hospital
the pharmacyla farmacia
the medicinela medicina
to have a fevertener fiebre
the coldel resfriado
the flula gripe
the coughla tos
to showerducharse
to brush your teethcepillarse los dientes
the soapel jabón
the towella toalla
to be fineestar bien
to be tiredestar cansado, estar cansada
to be illestar enfermo, estar enferma