At the Doctor & Pharmacy

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Refers to a male doctor; use 'médica' for a female doctor.

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Combines with preposition 'a' to form 'à' (a + a).

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Can mean recipe (cooking) or medical prescription.

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Standard term for medication tablets.

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Used with the verb 'ter' (to have) in Portuguese.

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Often used in plural ('dores') for general body aches.

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Related to the verb ' tossir' (to cough).

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Used with the verb 'apanhar' (to catch) in Portugal.

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Requires preposition 'a' + article 'a' -> 'à'.

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Note the masculine gender despite ending in '-a'.

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Use 'enfermeira' for a female nurse.

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Irregular plural: -al changes to -ais.

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Used for scheduled medical visits.

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Often pluralized in Portugal when referring to the ER department.

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Commonly paired with 'dor de garganta' (sore throat).

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Written with an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

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Irregular plural: -ão changes to -ões.

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European spelling uses 'th' retained from Greek roots.

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Also means chalk or plaster in other contexts.

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Can also mean chewing gum ('pastilha elástica').

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Functions as both a noun (patient) and an adjective (sick).

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Regular -ar verb used for taking food, drink, and medicine.

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Uses European progressive structure: 'estar a + infinitive'.

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Regular -ar verb, antonym of 'piorar' (to get worse).

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Enclitic pronoun placement: 'Sinto-me' (reflexive verb).