dolor de cabeza
everyday, Mexico
In Mexico a headache is dolor de cabeza. The usual way to say you have one is Me duele la cabeza, literally "my head hurts".
To ask for medicine you can say Tengo dolor de cabeza and then ask at the pharmacy for una pastilla para el dolor de cabeza.
Meaning: pain in the head (noun)
Is it said differently in some regions?
A hangover headache is often called cruda in Mexico, and tener cruda means to be hungover.
How does it change in a sentence?
Spanish uses doler for pain, so the body part is the subject: Me duele la cabeza. The plural is Me duelen los pies.
Did you know?
- The Mexican word cruda for a hangover is a feminine adjective used as a noun and is not used in Spain.
Examples in context
- Me duele mucho la cabeza.My head hurts a lot.
- ¿Tiene algo para el dolor de cabeza?Do you have something for a headache?
Example conversation
Laura asks the pharmacist at a farmacia in Mexico City for help.
- LauraBuenas tardes, tengo dolor de cabeza.Good afternoon, I have a headache.
- Farmacéutico¿Desde cuándo?Since when?
- LauraDesde la mañana.Since this morning.
