Find a New Doctor in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to find a new doctor in Spanish in this article and the lessons above! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• use the conditional to ask for and give advice

• talk about doctors

• use vocabulary related to the field of medicine

Vocabulary

Let's start off with the vocab words in these lessons!

Adjective

Spanish	English
segundo	second

examples
Yo que tú, buscaría una segunda opinión. If I were you, I'd seek a second opinion.

Adjective Phrase

Spanish	English
en línea	online

examples
Yo que tú, haría una consulta en línea. If I were you, I'd do an online consultation.

Nouns

Spanish	English
el alergólogo, la alergóloga	allergist
la clínica	clinic
la consulta	consultation
el costo	price
la especialidad	specialty
la infraestructura	infrastructure
el, la intérprete	interpreter
el, la pediatra	pediatrician
la prioridad	priority
la referencia	reference
la telemedicina	telemedicine
la trayectoria	path

examples
Yo que tú, buscaría un alergólogo. If I were you, I'd look for an allergist.
Elegiría una clínica con intérpretes. I'd choose a clinic with interpreters.
Yo que tú, me informaría sobre sus costos. If I were you, I'd inquire about his prices.

Translator or Interpreter?

Although you’ll hear the terms used interchangeably in popular culture, translators and interpreters do not do the same job. Traductores(translators), work with written texts and often do their job using specialized tools and resources that help them. Professional translators usually work into their native language or languages.

Intérpretes (interpreters), work with people and interpret spoken texts. They often have to interpret bidirectionally, working both from and into their native language. They may have notes or other resources at hand, but interpreters don’t have much time to consult resources as they work.

Always remember:

A translator works with text.

An interpreter works in interpersonal settings.

You can learn more about translation in this article.

Noun Phrases

Spanish	English
el tiempo de espera	wait time
el trato al paciente	bedside manner

examples
Consideraría el tiempo de espera para una cita. I'd consider the wait time for an appointment.
Elegiría un doctor con buen trato al paciente. I'd choose a doctor with a good bedside manner.

Verbs

In this skill, you learn the following verbs!

Spanish	English
asegurarse	to make sure
considerar	to consider

Asegurarse

Asegurarse(to make sure) is an -ar pronominal verb that is regular in the conditional.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me aseguraría	I would make sure
tú	te asegurarías	you would make sure	informal singular you
vos	te asegurarías	you would make sure	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se aseguraría	he, she would make sure
usted	se aseguraría	you would make sure	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos aseguraríamos	we would make sure
vosotros, vosotras	os aseguraríais	you would make sure	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se asegurarían	they would make sure
ustedes	se asegurarían	you would make sure	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Considerar

Considerar(to consider) is an -ar verb that is regular in the conditional.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	consideraría	I would consider
tú	considerarías	you would consider	informal singular you
vos	considerarías	you would consider	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	consideraría	he, she would consider
usted	consideraría	you would consider	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	consideraríamos	we would consider
vosotros, vosotras	consideraríais	you would consider	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	considerarían	they would consider
ustedes	considerarían	you would consider	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Verb Phrases

In this skill, you learn the following verb phrases!

Spanish	English
estar al día	to be up-to-date
fijarse en	to pay attention to
ponerse en contacto con	to contact
tomar en cuenta	to take into account

Fijarse en

Fijarse en(to pay attention to) is an -ar pronominal verb phrase that is regular in the conditional.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me fijaría en	I would pay attention to
tú	te fijarías en	you would pay attention to	informal singular you
vos	te fijarías en	you would pay attention to	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se fijaría en	he, she would pay attention to
usted	se fijaría en	you would pay attention to	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos fijaríamos en	we would pay attention to
vosotros, vosotras	os fijaríais en	you would pay attention to	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se fijarían en	they would pay attention to
ustedes	se fijarían en	you would pay attention to	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Ponerse en Contacto con

Ponerse en contacto con(to contact) is an -er pronominal verb phrase that is irregular in the conditional.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me pondría en contacto con	I would contact
tú	te pondrías en contacto con	you would contact	informal singular you
vos	te pondrías en contacto con	you would contact	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se pondría en contacto con	he, she would contact
usted	se pondría en contacto con	you would contact	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos pondríamos en contacto con	we would contact
vosotros, vosotras	os pondríais en contacto con	you would contact	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se pondrían en contacto con	they would contact
ustedes	se pondrían en contacto con	you would contact	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Tomar en Cuenta

Tomar en cuenta(to take into account) is an -ar pronominal verb phrase that is regular in the conditional.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	tomaría en cuenta	I would take into account
tú	tomarías en cuenta	you would take into account	informal singular you
vos	tomarías en cuenta	you would take into account	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	tomaría en cuenta	he, she would take into account
usted	tomaría en cuenta	you would take into account	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	tomaríamos en cuenta	we would take into account
vosotros, vosotras	tomaríais en cuenta	you would take into account	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	tomarían en cuenta	they would take into account
ustedes	tomarían en cuenta	you would take into account	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

The Simple Conditional

The conditional tense in Spanish el condicionalo el pospretéritois used to talk about hypothetical situations and probabilities as well as to make polite requests and give and ask for advice.

In the Spanish conditional tense, both regular and irregular verbs use the same set of endings, and any stems that are irregular in the simple future are also irregular in the conditional.

Regular Conditional Forms

To form the conditional tense with regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs, simply add the conditional endings to the end of the infinitive:

Spanish Conditional Endings

Subject	Conditional Ending
yo	-ía
tú, vos	-ías
usted, él, ella	-ía
nosotros, nosotras	-íamos
vosotros, vosotras	-íais
ustedes, ellos, ellas	-ían

Do these verb endings look familiar? They should! They’re the same as the imperfect tense endings for -er and -ir verbs.

Irregular Conditionals

As we stated before, any stems that are irregular in the simple future are also irregular in the conditional. The irregular stems in the conditional are:

Infinitive	Conditional Stem
caber	cabr-
decir	dir-
haber	habr-
hacer	har-
mantener	mantendr-
poder	podr-
poner	pondr-
querer	querr-
saber	sabr-
salir	saldr-
tener	tendr-
valer	valdr-
venir	vendr-

For example:

examples

Yo que tú, haría una consulta en línea.

If I were you, I'd do an online consultation.

Me pondría en contacto con su consulta.

I'd contact her office.

Conditional Markers

Just like in English, there are words and phrases that let us know that we need to conjugate our verbs in the conditional tense. In these lessons, you learned the following conditional markers: