Pharmacy & Health

1. ¿Tien daqué pal dolor de cabeza?

   Do you have something for a headache?

   Usage

   A polite way to ask a pharmacist for something against a headache

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Daqué means "something", and pal is the contraction of pa + el (Spanish para el). Use tien for the polite usté

2. Necesito una melecina pal estómagu

   I need stomach medicine

   Usage

   Telling a pharmacist you need medicine for an upset stomach

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "Medicine" is melecina (not Spanish medicina), and estómagu is masculine with -u

3. Necesito daqué pa la foria

   I need something for diarrhoea

   Usage

   Asking at a pharmacy for something against diarrhoea

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Diarrhoea is foria (also cirria) rather than Spanish diarrea

4. Tengo fiebre

   I have a fever

   Usage

   Telling the pharmacist you have a fever

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The symptom takes no article. This sentence happens to match Spanish; the conjugation is Asturian, as in tien fiebre for usté

5. Tengo alerxa

   I have an allergy

   Usage

   Warning the pharmacist about an allergy before buying medicine

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Allergy is alerxa (x is /ʃ/), not Spanish alergia. Add the cause with "alerxa a …"

6. Necesito crema solar

   I need sun cream

   Usage

   Asking for sun cream at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Crema solar is the usual term for sun cream (protector solar could not be confirmed in sources)

7. ¿Cómo se toma esta melecina?

   How do I take this medicine?

   Usage

   Asking the pharmacist how to take a medicine

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Se + third person gives a general "is taken". Melecina is feminine, hence esta

8. ¿Necesito receta médica?

   Do I need a prescription?

   Usage

   Checking whether a medicine can be bought without a prescription

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "Without a prescription" is ensin receta

9. un termómetru

   A thermometer

   Usage

   Show it at a pharmacy when buying a thermometer

   Grammar Note

   Masculine, ending in -u (Spanish -o). The article un takes no accent, unlike the numeral Ún

10. los preservativos

    Condoms

    Usage

    Show it when buying condoms at a pharmacy

    Grammar Note

    Masculine plural in -os; the singular is preservativu (ending -u). It is a false friend of English "preservative"

11. les gotes pa los güeyos

    Eye drops

    Usage

    Show it when looking for eye drops at a pharmacy

    Grammar Note

    Feminine plural in -es (gotes). "Eye" is güeyu (plural güeyos), not Spanish ojo

12. un antipiréticu

    Fever reducer

    Usage

    Show it at a pharmacy when you want a fever reducer

    Grammar Note

    Masculine, ending in -u (Spanish antipirético). What you are usually handed is paracetamol

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