I think ‘feliz’ is ‘happy’ and ‘contento’ is more like ‘satisfied’ or ‘content’. Also i read fleliz is used with both estár and ser but contento is only used with estár.
Is there someone who could help me? Thank you in advance.
Posted Jan 25, 2020, 1:51 PM UTC
Ser feliz is being happy longterm / with your life
Estar feliz/contento is being happy in that moment and in this case is way more common to use "contento" than "feliz", you can use the one you want though.
About médico and doctor. A médico is a doctor, but a doctor is not always a médico. You can be "Doctor en Matemáticas" or "Doctor en Economía" for example. Doctor has 2 meanings: any person that has a "doctorado" (doctorado = PhD), or a "médico"
Also when you talk to a doctor you refer to him as doctor, never as médico. You can say "Voy al médico esta tarde" or "Voy al doctor esta tarde", but you should say "Doctor, ¿cree que voy a morir de esto?", you can't say in this case "Médico, ¿cree que voy a morir de esto?" (you can, but it sounds disrespectful, it's like if you're talking to a cashier in a supermarket and you tell him "hey cashier, how much does this cost?", no, you should say "excuse me sir, how much does this cost?")
So, if you use always doctor, you'll never be wrong xD.
Salad! Eso me ayuda mucho 🙏
Edit: new phone who dis where did my saved Spanish words go?
A Spanish dictionary like the one from the RAE or wordreference.com will be helpful for this and future words you come across.
The native Spanish speakers I've talked to say that feliz and contento mean the exact same thing; one isn't more happy than the other. Contento isn't like content in English. It's happy. I'm not sure how you would express the word content in Spanish.
I think I’d just say “satisfecho” for content pretty much
But I’ve also heard contento used for full/satisfied after eating
The person I asked (from Argentina) said feliz was more like ecstatic. Like that she wouldn’t use it unless she was super happy. She uses contenta more often.
Médico/doctor is essentially the same sentiment as physician and doctor in English.
They're synonyms. Here are some examples of how they are used. Since, in Spanish it varies according to the context.
"Feliz" is a felling.
"Contento" It is a neutral-happy felling.
- srry for my bad english.
"Doctor" and "médico" are synonymous in current use of language. They both refer to a professional with a degree in Medicine. Ex: "Fuí al médico" / "Fuí al doctor" = "I went to the doctor"
In addition, "Doctor" also refers as a title achieved from anyone who has achieved a Doctorate. Ex: "Doctor en Física"
It's also used for someone who have a degree in Law. Ex: "Doctor, ¿Cuándo empieza el juicio? (Talking to a lawyer)
Yes! Indeed! "Feliz" is used with "ser" and "estar". "Contento" only with "estar".
I’m a paramedic but I typically just say “medic”. How should I describe my profession in spanish? So as not to wrongly imply that I am a doctor?
"Paramédico/a" es la palabra! Although, here in Argentina, we have it medics and paramedics in an ambulance. Some people say "médicos de emergencia" to both.
But, in detail... "Paramédico/a" is how you should introduce yourself.
Gracias!
De nada, amigo!
Thank you so much! I was hoping for an answer like yours! Thanks again, and have a nice weekend :)
You're welcome! Same for you!
Can you not use feliz with estar?
You may say "Estoy feliz de estar aquí" (o de verte, o de haber podido viajar, o de haber entendido la explicación, etc).
Edit:
It won't have the same meaning if you use it with "ser".
Ex: "Ella es feliz" (you're describing a personal characteristic of her, something that, in the long term, she is. You're not taking about the mood.
If you want to express the actual mood, you need to mention the current time. Ex: "Ella es feliz ahora" (She wasn't happy in the past, now she is -> mood)
Is medico/a more synonymous with physician?
Whay is a physician? If im correct it like a general medic, for nothing specific, and has a set of patients that are his common visitors, isnt it? And he can sdnd you to more specific services such as neurology, for example.
Pues, un “physician” es la palabra para todos médicos. Por ejemplo, un cirujano es un médico pero no médicos todos son cirugías. Soy de Estados Unidos asi que sea diferente en otras países.
Oh okay, forget what I said then because I presumed a physician was like a médico de familia (family medic) which is a speciality (?) here, and I was wrong.
Im going to correct a few thing in your comment if you will.
Pues, un “physician” es la palabra para todos (los) médicos. Por ejemplo, un cirujano es un médico pero no (todos los) médicos
todossoncirugías(cirujanos). Soy de Estados Unidos así (being picky here) quesea(puede que sea / puede ser / será / puede ser que sea) diferente en otrOs países.According to this definition of physician... No. It's the same as doctor (at least in Argentina)
You can refer to any physician from any speciality as:
For example: I had an appointment with a dermatologist.
Yesterday, I went to the dermatologist. Ayer, fuí al dermatólogo.
But, generally speaking, you can say: Ayer fuí al médico/ Ayer fui al doctor.
Follow up question: If a person has a doctorate degree, how do you refer to them professionally by name? (e.g. Dr. Smith)
Exactly!.
Example: Sheldon Lee Cooper, Ph.D, Sc.D.
Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper.
Spanish: Doctor Sheldon Cooper.