Quick answer
Me he roto el brazo.
I have broken my arm. Spanish says el brazo, not "my arm", because the me already tells you whose it is.
The words
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| el cuerpo | the body |
| la cara | the face |
| el ojo | the eye |
| la nariz | the nose |
| la boca | the mouth |
| la oreja | the ear |
| el pelo | the hair |
| el cuello | the neck |
| el hombro | the shoulder |
| el brazo | the arm |
| la mano | the hand |
| el dedo | the finger |
| la pierna | the leg |
| la rodilla | the knee |
| el pie | the foot |
The phrases you will actually say
Worth knowing
The big habit to break is the possessive. Spanish almost never says mi mano or tu pelo when the owner is already obvious; it uses the plain article plus a reflexive or indirect pronoun, so me lavo las manos, te duele la cabeza, se corta el pelo. Saying lavo mis manos is understood but instantly marks you as a learner. Two nouns break the usual gender rules and are worth memorising: la mano is feminine despite the -o, and el pie is masculine. Note also that la oreja is the outer ear you can touch, while the inner ear you hear with is el oído, which is why an ear infection is dolor de oído and not de oreja.
Practice
Practise your the human body words
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Check yourself
How do you say "I wash my hands"?