Hip Pain in Spanish

What it means

Hip pain involves any pain in or around the hip joint. MedlinePlus explains that the hip is the joint where the femur (thigh bone) meets the pelvis (hip bone). You may not feel pain from your hip directly over the hip area; you may feel it in your groin, thigh, or knee. Pain you feel in the hip may also reflect a problem in your back, rather than in the hip itself. MedlinePlus names hip fractures, arthritis and bursitis among the possible causes. To find the cause, a provider performs a physical exam with careful attention to the hips, thighs, back, and the way you walk, and you may need x-rays of the hip or an MRI scan. In Spanish the term is dolor de cadera.

Spanish term: Dolor de cadera
Gender and article: masculine: el dolor de cadera
Pronunciation: doh-LOHR deh kah-DEH-rah

Dolor de cadera is the title of the MedlinePlus en español encyclopedia article, and the same article also writes dolor en la cadera. Dolor is masculine and cadera is feminine: el dolor, la cadera. MedlinePlus en español defines the hip as la articulación donde se une el hueso del muslo (fémur) con el de la pelvis. For the places where hip pain may be felt, it names la ingle (groin), el muslo (thigh) and la rodilla (knee).

Words that MedlinePlus en español uses around the term include fracturas de cadera (hip fractures), artritis, bursitis, dolor referido (referred pain) and reemplazo de cadera (hip replacement). To limp is cojear, and bearing any weight on the leg is soportar cualquier peso en la pierna. The imaging tests it mentions are radiografías de la cadera and resonancia magnética, for x-rays and an MRI scan. A fall is una caída.

Phrases for an appointment

What a patient or a clinician might say, in English and Spanish:

Who	English	Spanish
Patient	My right hip has been hurting for two weeks.	Me duele la cadera derecha desde hace dos semanas.
Clinician	Where do you feel the pain: in the groin, the thigh, or the knee?	¿Dónde siente el dolor: en la ingle, en el muslo o en la rodilla?
Patient	Mostly in the groin, and it gets worse when I climb stairs.	Sobre todo en la ingle, y empeora cuando subo escaleras.
Clinician	When and how did the pain start? Did you fall?	¿Cuándo y cómo comenzó el dolor? ¿Se cayó?
Patient	I did not fall, but I have started limping.	No me caí, pero he empezado a cojear.
Clinician	Can you put weight on that leg?	¿Puede apoyar peso en esa pierna?
Clinician	I am going to order an x-ray of your hip.	Voy a pedirle una radiografía de la cadera.
Clinician	If you have a serious fall and cannot move your hip or put any weight on your leg, call 911 or go to the emergency room.	Si sufre una caída grave y no puede mover la cadera ni apoyar ningún peso en la pierna, llame al 911 o vaya a la sala de emergencias.

In 9 languages

Language	Term
English	Hip Pain
Spanish (Español)	Dolor de cadera
Chinese (中文)	髖部疼痛
Korean (한국어)	고관절 통증
Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)	Đau hông
Filipino (Tagalog)	Sakit sa balakang
Portuguese (Português)	Dor no quadril
Thai (ภาษาไทย)	อาการปวดสะโพก
Japanese (日本語)	股関節の痛み

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Related ICD-10-CM category

ICD-10-CM code: M25 → Other joint disorder, not elsewhere classified

Related terms

Your right to an interpreter in the United States

If English is not your primary language and you have difficulty communicating in English, you may need an interpreter or a translated document when you visit a doctor or dentist, go to the emergency room or pick up a prescription. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights states that two federal laws, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, require programs that receive its funding to provide language access services free of charge.

You can ask when you make the appointment or at the front desk: "I need an interpreter, please." «Necesito un intérprete, por favor.»

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Sources

This page is a language reference. It is not medical advice.