What do I say when they ask my age?

You can say something like "¿Me puede decir su nombre y su edad, por favor?", using the word edad.

What does "capaz" mean in this scene?

Here capaz means "maybe," as in "Capaz que me dan de alta hoy mismo por la tarde."

You can say "El dolor del costado empezó anoche y no se quita," using the word dolor.

You arrive at the ER with pain in your side, and the nurse asks your name and age before sending you in to see the doctor.

Me trajeron al hospital porque el dolor no bajaba.

They brought me to the hospital because the pain wouldn't go away.

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hospital/ospiˈtal/
hospitalnoun
Building where doctors treat and cure the sick.
dolor/doˈloɾ/
painnoun
Physical discomfort you feel somewhere in your body.
salud/saˈlud/
healthnoun
The state of the body when it's working well and there's no illness.
edad/eˈdad/
agenoun
The number of years a person has been alive.
señor/seˈɲoɾ/
sirnoun
A respectful way to address an adult man.
cicatriz/sikaˈtɾis/
scarnoun
A mark left on the skin after a wound heals.
reloj/reˈlox/
watchnoun
A small device you wear on your wrist to see the time.
veloz/beˈlos/
fastadjective
That moves or does things very quickly.
eficaz/efiˈkas/
effectiveadjective
That works and gives the result you're looking for.
capaz/kaˈpas/
maybeadverb
Maybe; used to say that something could happen.

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Me trajeron al hospital porque el dolor no bajaba.
They brought me to the hospital because the pain wouldn't go away.
El dolor del costado empezó anoche y no se quita.
The pain in my side started last night and it won't go away.
¿Tiene algún problema de salud o toma medicinas?
Do you have any health problems or take any medication?
¿Me puede decir su nombre y su edad, por favor?
Can you tell me your name and your age, please?
Dile al señor que ya puede pasar con el médico.
Tell the gentleman he can go in to see the doctor now.
Me quedó una cicatriz de la operación del año pasado.
I got a scar from the surgery I had last year.
Me tuve que quitar el reloj antes de los estudios.
I had to take off my watch before the tests.
La atención en urgencias fue más veloz de lo que esperaba.
The care in the ER was faster than I expected.
El calmante que me pusieron fue muy eficaz para el dolor.
The painkiller they gave me worked really well for the pain.
Capaz que me dan de alta hoy mismo por la tarde.
Maybe they'll discharge me later today.

hospital/ospiˈtal/
The h is silent and the stress falls on the last syllable: os-pi-TAL.
salud/saˈlud/
The stress falls on -lud and that final d is said very softly.
cicatriz/sikaˈtɾis/
The first c and the z both sound like s, and the stress falls on the last syllable: si-ca-TRIS.
reloj/reˈlox/
The r at the start is strong, like in carro, and the final j is actually pronounced.
eficaz/efiˈkas/
The z sounds like s and the stress is on the last syllable: e-fi-KAS.

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What do I say when they ask my age?: You can say something like "¿Me puede decir su nombre y su edad, por favor?", using the word edad.
What does "capaz" mean in this scene?: Here capaz means "maybe," as in "Capaz que me dan de alta hoy mismo por la tarde."
How do I say the pain won't go away?: You can say "El dolor del costado empezó anoche y no se quita," using the word dolor.

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