Talking about Health

My head hurts. I have a headache.

• Me duele la cabeza. Tengo dolor de cabeza.

My back hurts. I have a backache.

• Me duele la espalda. Tengo dolor de espalda.

My stomach hurts. I have a stomachache.

• Me duele el estomago. Tengo dolor de tripa/estomago.

My ears hurts. I have a earache.

• Me duelen mis oidos. Tengo dolor de oidos.

My tooth hurts. I have a tootheache.

• Me duele el diente/muela. Tengo dolor de muela/s.

We can also say aches intead hurts:

• My head aches.

• My back aches.

• My ear aches, etc . . .

There are some words where I can´t say they hurts but we don´t say ache.

• My elbow hurts/aches but we don´t say elbowache.

• My neck hurts/ aches but we don´t say neckache.

• My shoulder hurts/aches but we don´t say shoulderache. 

 Actualización 28 sept 2012

DO you have acid reflux or something? / Tienes acidez o algo
We say:  'it was hurting' or 'it pained me' / It hurt me/pained me/ was hurting me yesterday. 

 

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