Pregnancy and birth
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| el parto | the birth, the labor |
| estar de parto | to be in labor |
| la molestia | discomfort; inconvenience |
| la debilidad | weakness |
| experimentar | to experience, to undergo |
| emocional | emotional |
| el remedio | the remedy |
| escupir | to spit (out) |
El parto is the birth seen from the mother's side, labor included:
| The labor lasted twelve hours. | El parto duró doce horas. |
Estar de parto means it is happening right now:
| My sister is in labor at the hospital. | Mi hermana está de parto en el hospital. |
Discomfort or inconvenience?
La molestia is often plural. In the body, las molestias are discomfort, usually milder than el dolor:
| During the pregnancy I had discomfort in my back. | Durante el embarazo tuve molestias en la espalda. |
Between people, it is the trouble you cause someone. Perdona or perdonad las molestias apologizes for it, and no es ninguna molestia answers that it is no trouble:
| Sorry for the inconvenience, neighbors: the baby cries a lot. | Perdonad las molestias, vecinos: el bebé llora mucho. |
| Don't worry, it's no inconvenience at all. | Tranquila, no es ninguna molestia. |
Changes, weakness and remedies
Experimentar is also to experiment (el experimento), but with a change or a feeling it usually means to go through:
| The body undergoes a lot of changes during pregnancy. | El cuerpo experimenta muchos cambios durante el embarazo. |
Tener debilidad por is to have a soft spot for someone or something:
| My mother has a weakness for babies. | Mi madre tiene debilidad por los bebés. |
No hay más remedio is the everyday way to say there's no other way:
| There's no other way: we have to go to the hospital. | No hay más remedio: tenemos que ir al hospital. |
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