Listen to an excerpt from our latest member lesson covering questions for a patient who injured their knee while skiing. 

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Lesionar, herir
To injure

¿Cómo se lesionó la rodilla?
How did you injure your knee?

To express an action that occurs on one’s own body (e.g. breaking a bone, injuring a joint, washing your hands), we use a reflexive verb with a definite article (el,la) before the part of the body.

¿Se le zafó / desprendió / salió el esquí?
¿Did your ski come off?

Zafarse, desprenderse, salirse
To come off

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¿Está tomando algún anticoagulante? (más común)
¿Está tomando algún diluyente de sangre?
Are you taking a blood thinner?

This module is based on phrases and questions suggested by one of our members, an ER doc named Laila Powers. !Gracias a Laila! Y gracias a mis profesores de español, Elizabet Cortez de Guatemala y Gloria Becerril de México, who helped me to translate and record the questions and phrases in Spanish.