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You've come to the farmacia for the medicine your doctor said was already in the system.
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Practice Booking a Doctor's Appointment in Spanish
Cita con el médico de cabecera
Something has been bothering you for a week and you want to see your médico de cabecera. What they offer you first is a consulta telefónica, and the face-to-face slot is a long way off.
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You're talking to: un administrativo del centro de salud
You: un paciente
opening the request
Quería pedir cita con mi médico de cabecera.
saying what it is about and for how long
Es que llevo una semana con dolor de garganta.
pushing for something sooner
¿No tienes nada antes, aunque sea por teléfono?
Your goal
Leave with a confirmed day, time and type of cita — and know what the same-day route is if it gets worse.
You'll practice
- Say what you need the cita for and how long it's been going on
- Say when you can and can't come in
- Confirm the day, the time and whether it's presencial or telefónica
Phrases you'll actually use
Six lines that carry most of this conversation. You'll hear them, and you'll need them.
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Quería pedir cita con mi médico de cabecera.
— opening the request
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Es que llevo una semana con dolor de garganta.
— saying what it is about and for how long
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¿No tienes nada antes, aunque sea por teléfono?
— pushing for something sooner
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Por las mañanas no puedo, que trabajo.
— giving your constraints
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¿Y si empeora, adónde voy?
— asking about the same-day route
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Entonces el jueves a las diez, ¿no?
— confirming the booking back
Level-up expressions
llevar una semana así
have been in this state for a week
Llevo una semana así y no mejora.
poder esperar
be able to wait, of something that is not urgent
Es que esto no puede esperar a la semana que viene.
hacer un hueco a alguien
find room for someone in a full diary
¿Me puedes hacer un hueco esta semana?
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