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June 26, 2021 by Javier Grazioso Spanish Vocabulary 0 comments

Emergency Vocabulary: Your First Aid Kit in Spanish

If this is an emergency, call 911; if not, sit back, relax, and get ready to learn about first aid kits in Spanish. This will come in handy if you’re ever dealing with an accident in Latin America or Spain. 

Johnson and Johnson started selling the first commercial first aid kit back in 1888. Since then, these kits have helped countless people mend their wounds.

It’s important to have a first aid kit in your home in case of accidents. That’s why, in this post I provide Spanish vocabulary not only to talk about a first-aid kit in Spanish, but also to discuss wounds you might have or natural disasters you might experience—but hopefully you won’t! 

Contents of a First Aid Kit in Spanish

First Aid Kit in Spanish

What is the translation of “first aid kit” in Spanish? El botiquín (o kit) de primeros auxilios—or you can simply call it botiquín. 

How do you say band-aid in Spanish? What does a kit de primeros auxilios include? To find out, study this basic first aid kit list:

EnglishSpanish
gauzela gaza
bandageslas vendas
soapel jabón
alcoholel alcohol
tweezerslas pinzas
scissorslas tijeras
pinslos alfileres
cottonel algodón
thermometerel termómetro
plastic gloveslos guantes de plástico
painkillerslos analgésicos
waterel agua
blanketla sábana
maskla mascarilla
splintla férula
sticking plasterel esparadrapo
band-aidslas curitas
disinfecting wipeslas toallitas desinfectantes
ointmentla pomada o el ungüento
antibioticslos antibióticos

Why do we use these things? To curar (cure), tratar (treat) or sanar (heal) las heridas (wounds). 

Using a First Aid Kit in Spanish: Example Sentences

Por favor, saca las toallitas desinfectantes del botiquín.
Please take the disinfecting wipes out of the kit.

¿Todavía hay curitas en el botiquín?
Are there still band-aids in the kit?

El alcohol va a servir para desinfectar la herida.
The alcohol will work to disinfect the wound.

Disculpe, ¿tiene analgésicos en su botiquín? Me duele mucho la cabeza.
I’m sorry, do you have any painkillers in your (first-aid) kit? My head hurts a lot.

Para esa quemadura podemos usar un poco de ungüento.
We can use a little ointment for that burn.

Usemos el termómetro del botiquín para medir la temperatura.
Let’s use the thermometer from the (first-aid) kit to measure their temperature.

First Aid Kit in Spanish

Accidents that Require a First-Aid Kit in Spanish

Accidents happen. When they do, it’s ideal to be prepared to talk about them in Spanish. The following verbs are useful:

  • To break – romper, romperse, quebrar, quebrarse
  • To slip – resbalar, resbalarse
  • To hit – golpear, golpearse
  • To hurt – lastimar, lastimarse
  • To dislocate – dislocar, dislocarse
  • To twist – torcer, torcerse
  • To tear – rasgar, rasgarse
  • To swell – hinchar, hincharse
  • To drown or to choke – ahogar, ahogarse
  • To stick – trabar, trabarse
  • To bleed – sangrar
  • To hurt (or feel pain) – doler
  • To feel a burning sensation – arder
  • To bite – morder, morderse
  • To pull – halar, jalar
  • To faint – desmayarse
  • To swallow – tragar, tragarse
  • To open – abrir, abrirse
  • To sprain –  esguinzarse 
  • To cut – cortar, cortarse 
  • To fall – caer, caerse

PRO TIP: While abrir and abrirse are similar, the verb abrirse is used more often in this context. It refers to opening a wound on oneself.

Example Sentences

Me rompí un dedo jugando basquetbol.
I broke my finger playing basketball.

¿Te golpeaste?
Did you hurt (or hit) yourself?

Mi hermano se resbaló, se cayó y se abrió la mano porque cayó en piedras.
My brother slipped, fell and cut-open his hand because he fell on rocks.

Nos cortamos con el cuchillo mientras picamos cebollas.
We cut ourselves with the knife while we were chopping onions.

Se rasgaron las pantorrillas.
You tore your calves.

Se van a ahogar si siguen comiendo tan rápido.
They are going to choke if you keep eating that fast.

PRO TIP: Remember that the indirect pronoun for él, ella, ustedes, and ellos is the same one: se. To learn more, read about Indirect Object Pronouns in Spanish.

Types of Wounds to Cure with a First-Aid Kit in Spanish

Nouns come from verbs (or vice versa), and some of the verbs I just shared with you turn into nouns. Check them out in this chart!

EnglishSpanish
breakla rotura, la quebradura
slipel resbalón
hitel golpe
dislocationla dislocación
twistla torcedura
tearla rasgadura
swellingla hinchazón
choking, drowningel ahogo
bleedingel sangrado
painel dolor
burning sensationel ardor
bitela mordedura
pullel jalón
faintingel desmayo
sprainel esguince
cutla cortadura
fallla caída
burnla quemadura
woundla herida
injuryla lesión

PRO TIP: Remember that the past participle (el participio pasado) of romper is irregular and is roto or rota if you use it as an adjective (not rompido).

Example Sentences

Su cortadura es leve; el alcohol y las vendas del botiquín servirán.
You have a mild cut; the alcohol and bandages from the first-aid kit will do.

La pomada del botiquín va a aliviar su quemadura.
The ointment in the first-aid kit is going to relieve your burn.

El golpe que me di en la cabeza hizo que me desmayara.
The hit I took to the head made me faint.

First Aid Kit in Spanish

How to Talk About Cures in Spanish

The effects of accidents can be usually fixed, repaired, or healed. As we say in Spanish “lo único que no tiene solución es la muerte” (the only thing that doesn’t have a solution is death).

Check out these relevant verbs:

  • To cure – curar. curarse
  • To heal – sanar
  • To fix – arreglar
  • To repair – reparar
  • To relieve – aliviar, aliviarse
  • To work – servir
  • To function – funcionar
  • To close – cerrar
  • To disinfect – desinfectar, desinfectarse
  • To sew – coser
  • To apply – aplicar
  • To stop – detener
  • To cauterize – cauterizar
  • To clean – limpiar

Example Sentences 

La pomada puede arreglarlo.
The ointment might fix it.

El analgésico va a aliviarme el dolor de la torcedura de tobillo.
The painkiller is going to relieve the pain of my ankle sprain.

Necesitamos desinfectar la herida.
We need to disinfect the wound.

Emergency Vocabulary: Other Types of Emergencies in Spanish

First-aid kits are designed to respond to accidents but also emergencies. How do you say “emergency” in Spanish? La emergencia. 

How about natural disasters? Los desastres naturales.

Find the most common natural disasters here:

EnglishSpanish
earthquakeel terremoto
tremorel temblor
floodla inundación
fireel incendio
hurricaneel huracán
cycloneel ciclón
tornadoel tornado
stormla tormenta
thunderstormla tormenta eléctrica
eruptionla erupción
tsunamiel maremoto o tsunami
landslideel deslizamiento de tierra
crumblingel derrumbe
avalanchela avalancha
sinkholeel sumidero
wildfireel incendio forestal
blizzardla tormenta (de nieve)
droughtla sequía
heat wavela ola de calor


En California y en Chile hay muchos terremotos.

In California and Chile, there are many earthquakes.

En Hawaii hay muchos volcanes que hacen erupción.
In Hawaii, there are many volcanoes that erupt.

Las tormentas de nieve en Indiana son muy fuertes.
Blizzards in Indiana are very strong.

Lamentablemente, en el 2004 hubo un tsunami en Indonesia.
Sadly, in 2004 there was a tsunami in Indonesia.

El año pasado hubo muchos incendios forestales en Australia.
Last year, there were many wildfires in Australia.

En el 2010, se abrió un sumidero en la Ciudad de Guatemala.
In 2010, a sinkhole opened in Guatemala City.

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Types of Responders in Spanish

Thankfully there are people who devote their careers to responding to natural disasters and other emergencies. Here are the names of these noble occupations in Spanish.

EnglishSpanish
rescuerel rescatista
paramedicel o la paramédico
doctorel doctor o la doctora
police officerel o la oficial de policía
firefighterel bombero
nurseel enfermero o la enfermera
coast guardla guardia costera
armyel ejército
soldierel o la soldado
lifeguardel salvavidas

Vehicles that Responders Use in Spanish

It is also important to get to know what to call the vehicles that responders use. 

EnglishSpanish
rescue vehicleel vehículo de rescate
ambulancela ambulancia
police carel auto de policía
fire truckel camión de bomberos
boatel bote o lancha
truckel camión
chopper or helicopterel helicópterog

Get to Safety in Spanish

Here are some useful sentences and dialogues to talk about specific scenarios.

Por favor, describame su emergencia.
Please describe your emergency to me.

¡Mi calle está inundada!
My street is flooded!

¡Hubo un derrumbe! Hay personas atrapadas. Necesitamos rescatistas.
There was a landslide! There are people trapped. We need rescuers.

Una persona se está ahogando. Necesitamos un salvavidas.
A person is drowning. We need a lifesaver.

Llamen a una ambulancia, a los paramédicos; hay gente herida.
Call an ambulance, call the paramedics; there are wounded people.

El terremoto causó un gran desastre.
The earthquake caused a big disaster.

¡Una casa se incendia! ¡Que vengan los bomberos a extinguirla!
There’s a house on fire! Let the firefighters come and extinguish it!

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Más vale prevenir que lamentar. 

It’s better to be safe than sorry. 

Stay safe out there!

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Italo-Guatemalan, born and raised in Guatemala City, where I got a B.A. in Communication and Journalism. Currently, I'm living in Spain where I'm studying for a master's degree. I'm a language and travel enthusiast who speaks Spanish, English, Italian, and a bit of Hungarian. I love watching sports, practicing boxing, writing, and gaming.
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