At the pharmacy and the dentist (la muela, el antibiótico)

Me duele…

Aches use doler, with the part that hurts as the subject: me duele la garganta, me duelen las muelas. La muela is a back tooth, but a toothache is usually dolor de muelas, whichever tooth it is.

I have a terrible toothache.
Tengo un dolor de muelas terrible.
My throat hurts and I can't talk.
Me duele la garganta y no puedo hablar.

La oreja or el oído?

La oreja is the outer ear, the part you can see. El oído is the inside of the ear and also the sense of hearing, so an earache is normally dolor de oído, and a musical person tiene buen oído.

I can't hear well in my left ear.
No oigo bien del oído izquierdo.
My son has a very good ear for music.
Mi hijo tiene muy buen oído para la música.

At the pharmacy

Expect advice with deberías and podrías (debería and podría with usted).

You could take an aspirin for the headache.
Podrías tomar una aspirina para el dolor de cabeza.

In Spain, antibiotics need a prescription, una receta (the same word as a recipe), and they do nothing against a virus (plural los virus).

You can't buy antibiotics without a prescription.
No puedes comprar antibióticos sin receta.
Antibiotics don't work against viruses.
Los antibióticos no funcionan contra los virus.

To book the doctor or the dentist, you pedir hora (or pedir cita).

I have to make an appointment with the dentist.
Tengo que pedir hora con el dentista.

Marear and marearse

With marear, what makes you dizzy is the subject: el barco me marea. With marearse, you are: me mareo en el barco. In everyday speech, ¡No me marees! means stop pestering me! or you're making my head spin!, said to someone who wears you out with talk, questions or changes of plan.

This medication can make you dizzy; you shouldn't drive.
Este medicamento puede marearte; no deberías conducir.
Don't make my head spin with so many questions!
¡No me marees con tantas preguntas!

Izquierdo and el codo

It agrees like any adjective: el codo izquierdo, la mano izquierda. And someone who never stops talking habla por los codos.

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