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Lesson 4.3.1 · La salud

🩺 Health, Body & Doctors

EPS, droguerías, and a doctor visit in Spanish. The vocab here will get you through a pharmacy run or a clinic appointment.

Sub-lessons

Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.

01

Feeling sick

Use 'doler' like 'gustar': 'me duele la cabeza' (my head hurts). 'Estoy enfermo' = I'm sick.

enfermo[en-FER-moh]

sick

sano[SAH-noh]

healthy

doler[doh-LER]

to hurt

la enfermedad[lah en-fer-meh-DAHD]

the illness

la vida[lah BEE-dah]

the life

dormir[dor-MEER]

to sleep

Example sentences

  • Hoy estoy enfermo.

    Today I feel sick.

  • Mi amigo es muy sano.

    My friend is very healthy.

  • Me gusta doler en la tarde.

    I like to hurt in the afternoon.

Mini-diálogo

A

Mi amigo es muy enfermo.

My friend is very sick.

B

La comida está sano.

The food is healthy.

02

At the doctor / pharmacy

'Droguería' is a Colombian pharmacy. 'Receta' = prescription (also 'recipe' — context decides).

la receta[lah reh-SEH-tah]

the prescription

la medicina[lah meh-dee-SEE-nah]

the medicine

la vacuna[lah bah-KOO-nah]

the vaccination

el ejercicio[el eh-her-SEE-syo]

the exercise

Example sentences

  • Necesito la receta, por favor.

    I need the prescription, please.

  • ¿Dónde está la medicina?

    Where is the medicine?

  • Me gusta la vacuna.

    I like the vaccination.

Mini-diálogo

A

¿Dónde está la receta?

Where is the prescription?

B

Me gusta la medicina.

I like the medicine.

MEM

Memory lab

Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.

Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.

01 / 10New card

Recall from English

the life

EX

Practice exercises

Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.

01
How do you say this?

the prescription

02
What does this mean?

la vacuna

03
What does this mean?

la medicina

04
What does this mean?

la vida

05
How do you say this?

healthy

06
How do you say this?

to hurt

07

Fill the blank

Hoy estoy _____.

Today I feel sick.

08

Fill the blank

Mi amigo es muy _____.

My friend is very healthy.

Score: 0 / 8

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