Period Vocabulary ENGLISH (MOSTLY) FOR THE LADIES

Hello everyone Anna English here English like a native and today we're getting personal

¡Hola a todos! Aquí está Anna English like a native

Hoy vamos a tratar un tema muy personal

every month women from around the age of

Todos los meses, las mujeres de entre

13 14 up until their late 40s or early 50s will experience a

trece y catorce años

hasta sus bien entrados cuarenta años o principios de sus cincuenta

padecerán el periodo,

Period a bleed from their vagina

un sangrado de su vagina

now once you hit around late 40 or 50 a woman will enter what's called the menopause and

Una vez que llega al final de sus cuarenta años o principios de los cincuenta

la mujer entrará en lo que se llama menopausia

therefore they will not have this monthly bleed anymore

y por lo tanto

no tendrá esos sangrados mensuales nunca más

A bleed which we often refer to as a period comes at the end of your menstrual

Un sangrado al cual nos referimos normalmente como periodo.

llega al final de tu ciclo menstrual

cycle now, although we often use the word period

Aunque normalmente lo llamamos "periodo"

We also have many other terms. So for example, you might hear in medical circles the term

tenemos muchos otros términos también

En círculos médicos puede que oigas el término "menstruación"

Menstruación

menstruation menstruation and

Menstruación

On the other end of the spectrum we have lots and lots of slang terms

Y al otro extremo tenemos

muchos, muchos términos coloquiales.

there are so many I can't possibly mention them all but here are just a few

Hay tantos, que muy posiblemente no podré mencionarlos todos

Pero aquí van unos cuantos: Una visita de la tía Flo

a visit from Aunt Flo

This is a play on words, a pun because the blood flows. It's a flow of menstrual blood

Este es un juego de palabras

porque la sangre fluye (en inglés - flow)

Es un flujo de sangre menstrual

it's a menstrual flow and

Y "Flo" es también un nombre,

Flo is also a name, a female name

es el nombre de una mujer

short for Florence, perhaps

posiblemente la forma abreviada de Florence,

Got the decorators in or got the painters in

They're painting, making a mess

"Tengo a los decoradores dentro" o "Me están pintando" , haciendo un desmadre

"Esos días del mes"

That time of the month, which is something I often hear

que es algo que escucho con bastante frecuencia

Actually, it's a way to say it without really saying the word period which a lot of people find embarrassing

es una forma de decir "período" sin decir la palabra

que muchas personas encuentran incómodo

so they'll say oh

por eso dicen "esos días del mes"

it's that time of the month and

"riding the cotton pony"

riding the cotton pony

now the cotton pony I assume refers to

Por "the cotton pony" imagino que se refiere

The sanitary product that you use in order to soak up

a los productos de higiene personal que usamos para que absorban

el flujo de sangre que es el que me hace usar estos productos de higiene personal

the blow the blood and that brings me on to

Y eso me lleva ahora a los productos de higiene personal.

Sanitary products. In the UK when you're on your period there are around three types of products that you may use

En el Reino Unido cuando tienes el periodo hay

tres tipos de productos que puedes utilizar

when you have your period

cuando tienes el período.

A sanitary towel

Una compresa

A tampon or a menstrual cup

Un tampón o una copa menstrual.

Firstly, a sanitary towel, also known as a sanitary pad

En primer lugar, una compresa,

también conocida como "toalla sanitaria".

Now you can get these in all sorts of shapes and sizes

Puedes encontrarlas

en todos los tipos de formas y tamaños.

Firstly, some of them come with wings

Algunas vienen con "alas"

which are

que son

These extra little bits that fold around

estas tiras adicionales

que se doblan en los bordes de tus braguitas,

your knickers to hold the sanitary towel in place. So this is a sanitary towel with wings

para que se sujeten en su sitio.

Así que esta es una compresa con alas.

You can buy sanitary towels without wings and you will buy them depending on their level of

Puedes comprar compresas sin alas

y las compras dependiendo del nivel de absorbencia.

Absorbency, so if you have a lot of blood you will need a very absorbent sanitary towel

De manera que si tienes un flujo abundante necesitas

una compresa muy absorbente.

for the time when you don't need the full support of a sanitary towel, then you can purchase a panty liner

Para cuando no necesitas utilizar una compresa

entonces puedes comprarte un salva slip

a panty liner, a much smaller, thinner version just in case

una versión mucho más pequeña y fina,

simplemente por si acaso.

then we have a tampon

Luego tenemos un tampón.

a tampon is an absorbent piece of material which you insert into your vagina and it will absorb the

Un tampón es un trozo de material absorbente

que introduces en tu vagina

y que absorberá el flujo

Flow and as it absorbs it expands and it's always on a string

y a medida que absorbe se expande

y siempre lleva un cordón

Now in the UK the brand

Ahora, en el Reino Unido, la marca Tampax

Tampax is

es tan famosa

So famous that a lot of people use the name

que mucha gente usa el nombre

Tampax to mean a tampon, very similar to Hoover

Tampax para referirse a un tampón,

muy parecido a "Hoover",

We will use the word Hoover to describe most vacuum cleaners when in fact the word Hoover is a brand name

cuando usamos la palabra "hoover" para referirnos a la mayor parte

de aspiradores de limpieza, cuando de hecho

la palabra "Hoover" es el nombre de una marca.

It's the same with tampons. I might say to you. Do you have a Tampax?

Ocurre lo mismo con los tampones.

And what I'm asking for is a tampon, I don't care whether it's a Tampax brand or not. I just need a tampon

Puede que te pregunte si tienes un Tampax, cuando lo que estoy pidiendo es un tampón.

No me importa si es Tampax o no. Yo solo necesito un tampón.

anyway, when you're buying tampons, you will notice they also come in different levels of

Bueno, cuando vas a comprar tampones

te darás cuenta de que también vienen en distintos niveles de

Absorbency so you get really big ones and then quite small ones depending on the level of flow

absorción de manera que tienes los que son muy grandes y luego los

que son bastante más pequeños, dependiendo de tu cantidad de flujo.

Pero también puedes comprarlos

But you can also buy them with an applicator or without an applicator and it really is

con aplicador o sin él

y realmente

personal preference as to which one you prefer

es un tema de gustos personales

This one is without an applicator

Este es sin aplicador, pero

But the applicator is a long plastic tube

el aplicador es un tubo largo de plástico

Which helps you to insert the tampon correctly

que te ayuda a introducir

el tampón correctamente

So, when you're buying tampons look out for with applicator or without to make sure you get the right ones

Por eso, cuando vayas a comprar tampones,

busca

con aplicador o sin aplicador,

More recently the menstrual cup has become popular

De un tiempo a esta parte, la copa menstrual

se ha hecho más popular. En el Reino Unido

Now the menstrual cup, often in the UK known as a moon cup, which again I think is a brand name

la copa menstrual se puede conocer como

la copa luna, que creo que es el nombre de una marca,

the moon cup or a menstrual cup is basically a

La copa luna, o la copa menstrual, es

silicone cup which sits inside

básicamente, una copa de silicona que se coloca

en el interior de la vagina

The vagina and collects the menstrual flow and you empty it, clean it and reuse it

y recoge el flujo menstrual,

y creo que se ha hecho popular recientemente

and I think it's become popular in recent years because of the

por el impacto medioambiental y por el hecho de que

Environmental impact as well as the fact that it saves you a lot of money on sanitary products

te ahorra

mucho dinero en productos de higiene personal

Now, sometimes we have to talk about our periods whether it's with our friends or with a doctor

A veces tenemos que hablar de nuestro período

tanto si es con nuestros amigos como con el médico,

So how do we describe the type of period that we're having?

¿Cómo describimos el tipo de

período que estamos teniendo? Cuando hablamos

When talking about our period there's normally five categories your period will fall into either your having a heavy

sobre nuestro período hay normalmente cinco categorías

en las que entramos.

period

This means there is a lot of blood, it's very heavy

on the other hand

You could be having a light period which of course refers to a period where there isn't much blood loss

So you might say to your doctor. I'm a bit concerned

I normally have very heavy periods, but recently I've had light periods

You might have irregular periods. Now, because your period comes the end of a menstrual cycle

you can usually

Accurately predict when your period will start and how long it will last

However, if your period starts at different times every cycle and it's hard to predict

Then you probably have irregular periods

If your period doesn't arrive at all

Then this is called a missed period or you would say I've missed a period

Quite worrying if you're not trying for a baby.

And the period that stresses out most of us, the late period

When you expect your period it's teasing you but it doesn't arrive

exactly when it's supposed to leaves you worrying for a few days and then finally

There it is

Now let's talk about symptoms. Of course, you're bleeding

It's your period so blood and bleeding is one of the symptoms

Sometimes the bleed isn't always

Liquid you might have what's called blood clots, little lumps of blood

Worth noting how big they are because you may want to tell your doctor if you get very big blood clots

now besides the bleeding all the symptoms you experienced before and around your period can be referred to as

PMS

PMS is

premenstrual syndrome

so if you're

experiencing period symptoms you can just say to people look I've got PMS and

They will understand what's happening. So what kind of symptoms are we talking about?

firstly, bloating

bloating is where your stomach, your abdomen feels swollen and

uncomfortable, very very full and tight and you may also get

Abdominal cramps we often just shorten it to cramps

I've got period cramps you might say and this is the pain in the lower abdomen. Oh

And it really really does hurt

Some people experience mood swings, depression, irritability. So it really has an effect on how they feel

You may have sore or tender breasts ouch

some people experience headaches and a few

Unlucky women also get migraines. You may experience bad skin

We sometimes just say I'm getting spotty or I have spots

It's that time of the month

so there you go some very helpful vocabulary to help you at this very special time of the month.

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We shouldn't be embarrassed about this kind of stuff. It's all natural

Until next time, take care and good bye.