Health: la salud
La salud is health — the same word you raise a glass with, ¡salud! Something good for you, or someone in good health, is sano.
| Health is the most important thing. | La salud es lo más importante. |
| Smoking is bad for health. | Fumar es malo para la salud. |
Use ser sano for what is healthy by nature, and estar sano for how a person is:
| Fruit is very healthy. | La fruta es muy sana. |
| My grandfather is ninety and is very healthy. | Mi abuelo tiene noventa años y está muy sano. |
For an everyday problem you go to your local centro de salud:
| Today I have been to the health center. | Hoy he ido al centro de salud. |
Emergencies
For something serious, Spain has las urgencias (A&E). It is plural, and you go a urgencias, with no article. An ambulancia takes you there.
| This morning I have been to A&E. | Esta mañana he ido a urgencias. |
| Call an ambulance! | ¡Llama a una ambulancia! |
¡Socorro! is the cry for help when someone is in danger. La ayuda is help in general — and ¡Ayuda! works as a cry too.
| Help! There's fire in the kitchen! | ¡Socorro! ¡Hay fuego en la cocina! |
| Do you need help? | ¿Necesitas ayuda? |
Waiting: ya and todavía no
| question | yes | not yet |
|---|---|---|
| ¿Ya ha llegado? | Sí, ya ha llegado. | No, todavía no ha llegado. |
| Has the ambulance arrived yet? | ¿Ya ha llegado la ambulancia? |
| The ambulance hasn't arrived yet. | La ambulancia todavía no ha llegado. |
Fit and well
Estar en forma is to be fit — always with estar. De pie means standing up, and el peso is weight: perder peso is to lose weight.
| This year I have done a lot of sport and I am fit. | Este año he hecho mucho deporte y estoy en forma. |
| I am standing all day. | Estoy de pie todo el día. |
| This month I have lost weight. | Este mes he perdido peso. |
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