Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish, Season 6, San Sebastián: Episode 18 - The Pharmacy

Episode Date: May 29, 2026

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Season 6, episode 18. Hola, Villereros, and bienvenidos de novo a immersive Spanish. A big thank you to everyone listening, and a huge thank you to our Patreon supporters. Just to remind you that Classia Helcutiva Villegeros get one extra immersive Spanish episode every week in the same style as this podcast,

as well as ad-free listening, transcripts, and 48 hours early access. And a bigger thank you to our Primera Classi supporters who are able to vote or not only what we teach, but where we go next. Let's get started. Well, I'm walking along looking for a pharmacy. One farmacia. And I need one quite urgently, guys, because these boots,

these boots that I thought were broken in, that I've been wearing all week, that I took up to Monte Ullia, have absolutely destroyed my feet. I have blisters. Amboyas. Multiple. And my throat has been sore since the flight over. It always happens to me. The air conditioning on the plane just completely kills my throat every single time.

So I need plasters. I need lozenges. And, well, I need them now. Ah, there's one here. Pharmacia. Right. let's go in. But, well, actually, before I speak to anyone, I need three things in Spanish.

Throat, feet, and it hurts. And because this is genuinely useful, everyone gets ill at some point on a trip. And being able to explain what's wrong is one of the most practical things you can know. The most important phrase in this whole episode is, unfortunately, me duly. me dole me dule means it hurts me or I have pain in dule comes from the verb doler to hurt or to ache

doler dule is the third person conjugation of doler meaning it hurts so we slap on a pronoun just before the verb such as me and then we have it hurts me or literally me it hurts me dule

me dule so to say my foot hurts we could say me dule el pi it hurts me the foot me dule el pier now if more than one thing hurts me dule becomes me duelen dwellen they hurt me duelen los pies

my feet hurt Los Pes the feet Meduelan los Pes My feet hurt both of them which is very much the case right now Meduelen Los Pes

Right I'm inside the pharmacy now Oh it's cool and clean and there's a very kind looking woman behind the counter I have a mission here I need to explain this without just pointing sadly at my feet

So first, let me teach you the body parts we need. Let's start from the top. The head. La Cása. La Cabeza. The head is la Cáveza. The throat is La Garganta. La Garganta.

Just imagine goggling in La Garganta. La Garganta that goggles. the throat The stomach is El Estomago El Estomago El Estomago

The back is La Espaida La Espalda La The foot which we've covered

is El Pia Spelled exactly like Pie El Pye El Pia and feet multiple los pies just think of those pies that you step on with your feet

kind of weird kind of quirky los pies the feet the leg is grab your leg la piera la piera and legs are las piernas

say it with me come on la The arm is el brazo. El brazo. The hand. La mano. La mano. Now, la mano is one of those words that looks like it should be masculine

because it ends in O. But it's actually feminine. La mano. La mano. Worth remembering. The eye is el ojo. El ojo. Ojo.

El ojo is spelt O-J-O. Visualize what that might look like. O-J-O. O-ho. It kind of looks like a pair of eyes with a nose in the middle. El ojo. So, when remembering el ojo, think of those pair of eyes and nose. El ojo.

We have two eyes. So, we would say, Los ojos. Los ojos, the eyes. The ear is la oreja. La oreja. La oreja. Right. So that should cover us.

Let's put me duele together with all of these. Starting with my head hurts. Me dule la Cabeza. My head hurts. Me dule la Cabeza. And if throat is la garganta, how would you say it hurts me the throat? Me dule la garganta. My

dole la garganta My stomach hurts Do you remember the word for stomach? El Estomago

So tell me How would you say My stomach hurts Me dule El stomago Me dule El Estomago

How about my back hurts Me dule the spada Me Dole

La Espalda My legs hurt My multiple legs hurt Me dueling Las Piernas My Duelen

Las Piernas Plural Me Duelen My legs My Lacks My Duelen Las Piernas One more time

Me Duelen Las Piernas Pieroes. That's very certain after Montaulia, for

sirto. Now, the phrase for sore throat specifically, because it comes up

so often, is Dolor de garganta. Dolor of garganta. Dolor

meaning pain or ache. Pain of throat. Dolour de garganta. So,

if I was to say, I a sore throat, we would say, Tengo dolor de garganta. I have a sore throat. Tengo dolor de garganta. This is exactly what I'm going to say right now.

Tengo delor de garganta. And, well, for a headache, we can also say, Tengue dolor de Cabeza. I have pain of head. Tengue dolor de caes. I have a headache. Dolo de

Cabeza I'm Dolo de Cabeza Right. Moment of truth. Let's see if I can explain this without a dramatic Google Translate moment.

Here we go. Hello. I'm Tengo dolor of garganta. Do you have something for that? Pastillas, maybe.

Yes, Yes, of course. Do you have an allergy to a little medicamento? No. No, I don't have any allergy. Perfect. These pastures are very good. Much thanks.

And, also I need tiritas, tiritas? I have ampoyas in the feet. Ah, poor jit. Here, these are very good for the ampoyas. Perfect. Muchisimous gracias, eh? And there we go. No panic, no mime show, no desperate pointing at my throat.

Just Spanish that actually worked. Right, well, let me break that down for you guys. She asked, Do you have an allergy to any medication? This is something you'll often hear? Tiena Alergia Alergia

Alire Mings allergy Come on together Allergia allergy Allergia

And medicamento meaning medication I said No I don't I have no

No, I have no allergies. No, I have no Alergy To which she said, These pastas are very good. These lozenges are very good. These pastas

pastillas are very good. Pastias can mean lozenges or tablets depending on the context. Estas meaning these. And I asked for Tiritas.

Tiritas. meaning plasters. Tirithas is actually a brand name in Spain that became the word everyone uses, just like Hoover in English. Tirithas. And well, she said, Pobreciito. Pobresito, meaning poor little thing,

which is a very Spanish thing to say and honestly quite comforting. Aye, pobrecito. And guys, whilst I've got you, If you want to see me limping around places like San Sebastian or all over Spain looking for a pharmacy, head over to the immersive Spanish YouTube channel. We got it all there. It's worth of watch. Anyhow, let me teach you a few more really useful health phrases.

To say I feel ill or I don't feel well, we can say, me encuentro mal. Me Enquentro mal. Again, another reflexive verb. I find myself ill. I find myself bad. Me enquenzo. I find myself.

Me enquentro mal. I find myself bad. I'm ill. This is a really natural phrase in Spanish, actually. You can ask somebody, How do you find yourself? And to which I would respond in this moment, me encounter a mal.

Or, no me encounter well. I don't feel well. I don't find myself well. You might also hear, I'm bad. I'm malo. I'm literally meaning I'm bad.

I'm ill. Unwell. Estoy malo. And to say I have a temperature, I have fever. I have fever. Tengo febre. I have a cold,

like a common cold that we catch every now and then, would be Tengo a resfriado Tengo a resfriado Resfriado meaning cold

as in the illness like the bug common cold Tengon resfriado and I'm tired would be

I think you know this one already Estoy canzado I'm I'm sorry Cancadro. Now, if you find yourself in Spain or Mexico,

wherever it may be, and you need a doctor, you'd say, Necessito a medico. Necessito. Un. Medico. I need a doctor. Medico, meaning doctor.

Necessito a medico. And, well, if it's an emergency, you would say, is an emergency. It's an emergency. Necessito is a emergency.

I need a doctor. It's an emergency. Obviously, if something is serious, don't mess around. Ask for a medical. Or say, It's an emergency. Well, then let's combine some of these things we've already learned this season. I want to say,

I can't walk because my feet hurt. No I can't comeine because me dole in the feet. No I can't comein'er because me dole those

feet. I can't walk because my feet hurt. No I can't comeinear because me dole on the feet. Or if I wanted to say, I have had a sore throat

since the plane. Tengue from the avion. Tengo Dolo Deggerganta Dessde El

Avion. Dess De, meaning since. And Avion being the plane. So, I'm

Dolar of Gorganta from the avion. How about this? Me Dwele the

Cbe because it's a much a Caut. Me

dole the Cbe the because. It's Demasio Calor

This means my head hurts because it's too hot Demasio Calor Too hot Me Dole the

Cbeza because It's Demasciado Calor What do you think this means? I'm to go to go to I'm very malo Tengo

To I to I'm going to go to the doctor because I have to go to the doctor because I'm very ill. Tengo to go. Tengo to go to the doctor because I'm very ill. Well, yet again, we've covered a lot, so well, let's make sure this actually sticks. What does me dule mean?

It hurts me, me dule. And how would you say, my foot hurts? Think about those pies. Me dule el pi. Me dule, el pier. And how would you say my legs hurt? Me duelen las piernas. Me dwellen las piernas.

And what is the word for? the throat. Just remember the throat gargles. La garganta. Remember, la garganta gargles. We gargall with la garganta. How do you say the stomach? El estomago. What about the back? La espalda. La espalda. How do you say? How do you say, I have a sore throat. The structure sounds something like, I have pain of throat. That's a clue. Tengo dolor de garganta. I have pain of throat. Tengo dolor de garganta. And how would you say I have a headache? I mean, I have pain of head. Tengo dolor de Cabeza. Tengo Dolo De

Te Cbeza How about I feel ill or I find myself bad Me

Enquentro Mal Me Enquentro Mal Alternatively we could say I don't feel well

How would you say I don't feel well No Me Enquen bien No Me Enquentro

bien And how would you say I have a cold Like the common cold I have a I have a reissfriado

Tengo a resfriado And how would you say I need a doctor? Necessito a medico Necessito Un

medical And finally How would you say to somebody I can't walk Because my feet hurt No I can't Caminar

because me dole in those pies. No, I can can come

because me do those feet. Well, students, viheros

very good work. Right. Pharmacia done and dusted. Tiritas in one

pocket. Pastias in the other. And well, me duels those pies, but at least

for now, I can do something about it. I'm going to find a bench, sit down and sort these blisters out. Me voy ascentar. And I'm not moving for a while. And this is exactly why speaking matters.

Because sometimes Spanish, it's not abstract. Sometimes it's standing in a pharmacy with sore feet trying to explain just what you need. And that, by the way, is what Fluency Builder is built for. Inside the immersive Spanish app, you can have. real conversations in Spanish with Rodrigo, your personal AI Spanish coach. You speak, he responds, corrects you in real time, and helps you turn everything you're learning into something you can actually use. Start chatting with him.

I invite you to meet Rodrigo. You'll find him in the app. Well, Villegeros, you know, as to the next. Adios.