Señora Garcia presents with a terrible cold to the clinic. Following the clinical dialogue, we practice expressing flu and common cold symptoms.

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Let’s review señora García’s symptoms, focusing on symptoms typical of the common cold.

Tengo un resfriado terrible.
Tengo gripe. / Tengo gripa.
(I have a terrible cold.)

Estoy resfriado(a).
Estoy agripado(a).
(I have a cold.)

Tengo moqueo.
Tengo mocos.
(I have a runny nose.)

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Tengo dolor de garganta.
(I have a sore throat.)

¿Le duele la garganta?
(Does your throat hurt?)

Me duele al tragar.
(It hurts when I swallow.)

A + EL > AL + TRAGAR = upon swallowing

¿Tiene tos?
(Do you have a cough?)

Toser
(to cough)

Conjugation of TOSER > TOSO / TOSES / TOSE / TOSEMOS / TOSEN

¿Está tosiendo mucho?
(Are you coughing a lot?)

Toso mucho.
(I cough a lot.)

¿Tiene flemas?
(Are you bringing up phlegm?)

Es una tos seca.
(It’s a dry cough.)

la nariz tapada
(stuffy nose)

Tengo la nariz tapada.
(I have a stuffy nose.)

To express the state of a part of our body, it is common to use the construction TENER + LA PARTE DEL CUERPO + ADJETIVO. Learn more about Describing Our Bodies in Spanish. 

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