enfermedad de manos, pies y boca
Hand, foot and mouth disease in Spanish is enfermedad de manos, pies y boca.
What does it mean word for word?
enfermedad means disease, manos means hands, pies means feet and boca means mouth.
Which one should you use?
A common alternative with articles is enfermedad de la mano, el pie y la boca.
How does it change in a sentence?
Unlike the English name, which uses hand and foot in the singular, the usual Spanish name uses the plurals manos and pies.
Did you know?
- The word boca may be a distant relative of the English word 'beak'.
- Spanish speakers may omit the specific body parts and simply say la enfermedad when discussing a childhood outbreak.
Examples in context
- El doctor diagnosticó la enfermedad de manos, pies y boca.The doctor diagnosed hand, foot, and mouth disease.
- Hay muchos casos de la enfermedad de manos, pies y boca.There are many cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease.
- ¿Es la enfermedad de manos, pies y boca muy contagiosa?Is hand, foot, and mouth disease very contagious?
Example conversation
Alejandro and Sofía are talking about their children's health.
- AlejandroSofía, mi hijo no irá hoy a la escuela.Sofía, my son won't go to school today.
- SofíaOh, no. ¿Qué le pasó a Alejandro?Oh, no. What happened to Alejandro?
- AlejandroTiene la enfermedad de manos, pies y boca.He has hand, foot, and mouth disease.
- SofíaPobre niño, espero que se recupere pronto.Poor boy, I hope he recovers soon.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries boca, de, enfermedad, y, CC BY-SA 4.0.
