Explaining symptoms
Deze les is nog niet in jouw taal beschikbaar — hij wordt in het Engels getoond.
Woordenschat
- sintomasymptom
- tratamentotreatment
- receitaprescription
- especialistaspecialist
- diagnosticarto diagnose
- dorpain
- inchaçoswelling
- tonturasdizziness
- alergiaallergy
- crónicochronic
- febrefever
- consultaappointment
When visiting a doctor in Portugal, you need the pretérito perfeito composto to describe symptoms that have been recurring.
Tenho + past participle (recurring situation up to now):
- Tenho tido dores de cabeça. — I have been having headaches.
- Tenho dormido mal. — I have been sleeping badly.
Desde for when it started:
- Tenho febre desde ontem. — I have had a fever since yesterday.
- Doem-me as costas desde há três dias. — My back has been hurting for three days.
Describing pain location:
- Dói-me a cabeça / o estômago / a garganta. — My head/stomach/throat hurts.
- Tenho uma dor no peito. — I have a pain in my chest.
At the doctor's office:
- O que é que sente? — What do you feel? (doctor asks)
- Desde quando tem estes sintomas? — Since when have you had these symptoms?
- Vou passar-lhe uma receita. — I will write you a prescription.
Tip: In European Portuguese, the reflexive pronoun comes after the verb with a hyphen: dói-me, sinto-me.
Uitdrukkingen
- Dói-me a cabeça desde ontem.Describing head pain since yesterday
- Tenho tido tonturas frequentes.Recurring dizziness
- Sinto-me muito cansado.Expressing fatigue
- Tenho febre há dois dias.Fever duration
- O que é que me recomenda?Asking the doctor for advice
- Sou alérgico a penicilina.Informing about an allergy
Veelgemaakte fouten
Me dói a cabeça.Dói-me a cabeça.In European Portuguese, the pronoun follows the verb: 'dói-me' not 'me dói'.
Tenho tido dor de cabeça desde três dias.Tenho tido dor de cabeça há três dias.Use 'há' for a duration (three days), 'desde' for a starting point.
Eu sou alérgica a a penicilina.Eu sou alérgica a penicilina.Don't double the preposition — one 'a' is enough.
Tenho febre há ontem à noite.Tenho febre desde ontem à noite.Use 'desde' with a specific point in time (ontem à noite), 'há' with a duration (há três dias).
O médico passou-me um receita.O médico passou-me uma receita.'Receita' is feminine — use 'uma' not 'um'.
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