Polish health and emergency vocabulary: 341 words
Doctor, pharmacy, the body and emergency phrases for when it matters (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese). This page lists 40 of them with their Polish translations, then lets you practise the full set in either direction with spaced repetition.
English to Polish: the first 40 words
| English | Polish | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| help | pomoc | |
| emergency | nagły wypadek | |
| doctor | lekarz | |
| nurse | pielęgniarz | |
| hospital | szpital | |
| pharmacy | apteka | |
| ambulance | karetka | |
| medicine | lek | A medicinal drug or treatment, not the field of study. |
| pain | ból | |
| fever | gorączka | |
| headache | ból głowy | |
| stomachache | ból brzucha | |
| cough | kaszel | |
| cold | przeziębienie | The illness, not the temperature. |
| flu | grypa | |
| allergy | alergia | |
| injury | rana | |
| blood | krew | |
| broken bone | złamana kość | |
| burn | oparzenie | A skin injury from heat, not a fire or verb. |
| prescription | recepta | A doctor's written order for medicine, not a recipe or general instruction. |
| pill | tabletka | |
| bandage | bandaż | |
| vaccine | szczepionka | |
| health | zdrowie | |
| sick | chory | |
| healthy | zdrowy | |
| tired | zmęczony | |
| dizzy | oszołomiony | Sensation of spinning or disorientation, not foolish. |
| body | ciało | |
| head | głowa | |
| face | twarz | |
| eye | oko | |
| ear | ucho | |
| nose | nos | |
| mouth | usta | |
| tooth | ząb | |
| throat | gardło | |
| neck | szyja | |
| shoulder | ramię |
301 more words in the full “Health & Emergencies” library, each aligned across seven languages and scheduled for you by spaced repetition. Add it to your account and start drilling English to Polish in one click.
What to watch out for in Polish
- Accents count. Answers are graded accent-sensitively, so you need
ąćęłńóśźż— LinguaSwap shows a one-tap keypad for them while you type. - 113 words carry a usage note in the full library, for the cases where a direct translation would mislead you.
Practise Polish health and emergency vocabulary
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