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.
Feeling sick
Use 'doler' like 'gustar': 'me duele la cabeza' (my head hurts). 'Estoy enfermo' = I'm sick.
sick
healthy
to hurt
the illness
the life
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
Mi amigo es muy enfermo.
My friend is very sick.
La comida está sano.
The food is healthy.
At the doctor / pharmacy
'Droguería' is a Colombian pharmacy. 'Receta' = prescription (also 'recipe' — context decides).
the prescription
the medicine
the vaccination
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
¿Dónde está la receta?
Where is the prescription?
Me gusta la medicina.
I like the medicine.
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.
Recall from English
the life
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
the prescription
la vacuna
la medicina
la vida
healthy
to hurt
Fill the blank
Hoy estoy _____.
Today I feel sick.
Fill the blank
Mi amigo es muy _____.
My friend is very healthy.
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