Health
Booking a Doctor's Appointment
Something has been bothering you for a week and you want to see your médico de cabecera.
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Practice Picking Up a Prescription in Spanish
Recoger la receta electrónica
You've come to the farmacia for the medicine your doctor said was already in the system. There is no paper to hand over — everything hangs off your tarjeta sanitaria — and what the assistant sees on screen isn't what you expected.
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You're talking to: un auxiliar de farmacia
You: un cliente
saying why you are there
Vengo a por la medicación de la receta electrónica.
handing over what they need
Aquí tienes mi tarjeta sanitaria.
saying what you were told
El médico me dijo que ya me la había recetado.
Your goal
Find out why nothing comes up, and leave with the medicine or with a date and a plan for getting it.
You'll practice
- Say what you've come for and hand over your tarjeta sanitaria
- Find out why the medicine doesn't come up on their screen
- Agree what happens next and when you can collect it
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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Vengo a por la medicación de la receta electrónica.
— saying why you are there
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Aquí tienes mi tarjeta sanitaria.
— handing over what they need
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El médico me dijo que ya me la había recetado.
— saying what you were told
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¿No te sale nada en la tarjeta?
— checking what the system shows
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¿Puedes llamar tú al centro de salud?
— asking them to sort it from their side
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¿Y cuándo me paso a recogerla?
— agreeing when to come back
Level-up expressions
salirle algo a alguien
come up on someone's screen or system
¿No te sale nada con mi tarjeta?
pasarse por un sitio
drop by a place
Entonces me paso mañana por la farmacia.
recetar algo
prescribe something
El médico me recetó esto el martes.
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