This is a more basic audio lesson that covers useful vocabulary for describing our skin in Spanish. Learn how to describe rashes, spots, lumps, bumps, and injuries in Spanish.
Rash
(la) erupción – break out, rash
(el) sarpullido / salpullido – rash
(las) ronchas – hives/welts
Spots
(las) manchas – spots
(el) lunar – mole
(las) pecas – freckles
Lumps and Bumps
(los) granitos – little bumps
(el) grano, granito, barrito – pimple
(la) espinilla – pimple, blackhead
(la) verruga – wart
(la) bola, (el) bulto – lump
Injuries
(la) llaga – sore
(la) cortada / (el) corte – cut
cortar – to cut
(el) rasguño / rascado – scratch
rascar – to scratch
(la) rozadura – chafing
rozar – to chafe
(la) úlcera – ulcer
(la) quemadura – burn
(el) moretón – bruise
(la) cicatriz – scar
Bites
(la) mordedura – bite
morder – to bite
(la) picadura – insect bite
picar – to sting
Parts of the Body
(la) cabeza – head
(la) cara – face
(la) mejilla / (el) cachete – cheek
(la) boca – mouth
(el) pecho – chest
(el) abdomen – abdomen
(la) espalda – back
(el) brazo – arm
(la) mano – mouth
(la) pierna – leg
(el) pie – foot
por todo el cuerpo – all over the body
Tengo, Tienes, Tiene, Tenemos, Tienen
I have a mole on my cheek.
Tengo un lunar en la mejilla.He has little bumps all over his body
Tiene granitos por todo el cuerpo.You have bruises on your knees.
Tienes moretones en las rodillas.The little girl has ulcers in her mouth.
La niña tiene úlceras en la boca.She has a lump on her breast.
Tiene un bulto en el pecho.I have a dog bite on my hand.
Tengo una mordedura de perro en la mano.She has hives on her abdomen.
Tiene ronchas en el abdomen.My daughter has pimples on her face.
Mi hija tiene granitos / barritos / espinillas en la cara.They have insect bites on their arms and legs.
Tienen picaduras en los brazos y las piernas.They have sores on their backs.
Tienen llagas en la espalda.She has an ulcer on her foot.
Tiene una úlcera en el pie.She has burns on her back.
Tiene quemaduras en la espalda.We have warts on our hands.
Tenemos verrugas en las manos.You have scratches on your cheek.
Tienes rasguños en la mejilla .I have a cut on my hand.
Tengo una cortada en la mano.They have freckles all over their bodIES. (Oops! I was thinking in Spanish when I said this one. 🙂
Tienen pecas por todo el cuerpo.
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