Spanish · Doctor and pharmacy
“Tengo dolor de cabeza”, “Necesito una receta”, “¿Dónde está la farmacia?” – sentences you want in place before you need them.
Listen to Spanish and read along
Sentence 1 of 40
English
I need a doctor's appointment.
Spanish
Necesito una cita con el médico.
Listening helps you recognize phrases. Fluency still comes from real input – especially reading.
Health Spanish has to sit before you need it: fever, penicillin allergy, ambulance, empty stomach. This session reads the lines used in clinics and pharmacies.
English once, Spanish on repeat. “Me duele la espalda” stays a unit – useful when you cannot build word by word under stress.
Appointment, walk-in, insurance card, cough, sprained ankle, bandage, sick note, blood pressure. Pharmacy: how often, three tablets, a cold.
The everyday list has a nut allergy in a restaurant. This list is penicillin, prescriptions, and emergencies – a different register on purpose.
Spanish health copy is dense. If “receta” and “en ayunas” are already in your ear, instructions are easier.
LingoGist keeps the phrase in the sentence. This is not medical advice – only listening so you are less mute in the clinic.
Press play. Each sentence appears large, first in your language, then in Spanish.
Slow the target language, add repetitions, or leave a pause between sentences – all directly under the player.
Once the sentences feel familiar, open real articles with the Chrome extension and meet the same phrases in context.
No. It is a listening start for common lines. In an emergency you need staff or a translation app. The list only makes headache and prescription less blank.
No. These are patient sentences (me duele, tengo fiebre), not anatomy. Technical terms come later in real reports with the extension.
Both. Pharmacy and appointments matter on holiday and if you live in a Spanish-speaking country.
40 fixed phrases such as “¿Cómo estás?” and “No entiendo” – English first, then Spanish, as often as you like.
From “¿Dónde está el aeropuerto?” to “¿Puedo pagar con tarjeta?” – lines you actually need at the counter.
Ordering coffee, the bill, the weather, “Te llamo más tarde” – sentences for a normal day, not an exam.
“Una mesa para dos”, “¿Qué recomienda?”, “Para llevar” – sentences that show up in restaurants, not exams.
“Estoy en una reunión”, “El plazo es el viernes”, “Te envío el archivo” – call and mail Spanish, not exam Spanish.
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