Help and emergencies in Galician
The words you hope to never need. Play the ten Galician words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Galician phrases in this lesson
- Axuda!ah-SHOO-dah
- Help!
- Chame a un médico!CHAH-meh ah oon MEH-dee-koh
- Call a doctor
- Policíapoh-lee-THEE-ah
- Police
- Farmaciafar-MAH-syah
- Pharmacy
- Hospitalos-pee-TAL
- Hospital
- Estou perdido / perdidaes-TOH pehr-DEE-doh / pehr-DEE-dah
- I'm lost
- Non me atopo bennon meh ah-TOH-poh ben
- I don't feel well
- Roubáronmoroh-BAH-ron-moh
- It was stolen
- É unha emerxenciaeh OON-ha eh-mer-SHEN-thyah
- It's an emergency
- Déixame en pazDAY-shah-meh en path
- Leave me alone
Shout clearly and repeat. The emergency number in Spain is 112.
If you can walk, go directly to the nearest "centro de saúde" (health center) for non-life-threatening issues.
Look for the green cross sign. Pharmacists in Spain are highly trained and can treat minor ailments directly.
EU health card (EHIC or GHIC) covers emergency treatment in Spanish public hospitals for eligible travelers.
Use "perdido" if male, "perdida" if female. Showing your phone map alongside this phrase works very well.
Useful for alerting a host, tour guide or fellow traveler that you need to slow down or rest.
Report theft to the local "comisaría" (police station) to get a "denuncia" document for insurance claims.
Literally "leave me in peace".