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Pain Description

The document is a glossary of pain descriptions in Haitian Creole, providing translations for various terms related to pain sensations. It includes terms like 'Aching' (Fè mal), 'Burning' (K'ap brile w), and 'Sharp' (Tranche, k'ap fann), among others. The glossary serves as a resource for medical interpreters and healthcare professionals to better understand and communicate pain experiences in Haitian Creole.

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Pain Description

The document is a glossary of pain descriptions in Haitian Creole, providing translations for various terms related to pain sensations. It includes terms like 'Aching' (Fè mal), 'Burning' (K'ap brile w), and 'Sharp' (Tranche, k'ap fann), among others. The glossary serves as a resource for medical interpreters and healthcare professionals to better understand and communicate pain experiences in Haitian Creole.

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Haitian Creole Pain Description Glossary

Abrupt Brid sou kou/ sibit Neuralgic Ki gen rapò ak nè


Aching Fè mal Numb Angoudi
Acute Fenk parèt Penetrating K' ap antre
Beating K'ap Bat/ k'ap ponpe Piercing K'ap pèse, tranche
Blinding K'ap fè w pa wè Pinching Penchman/ Pichkennen
Boring Anwiyan/ anmèdan Pins and needles Zepeng ak zegwi, pikotman
Brittle K'ap kase moun nan Pounding K'ap lanse
Burning K'ap brile w Pressure Sere/ Peze
Chronic Ki la lontan Pricking K'ap pike
Circumscribed Ansèkle Prickly Iritab
Clammy Mwèt/ imid Pulsing K'ap bat/ batman
Colicky doulè Kolik. Queasy Anvi vomi/ Kè plen
Constant Ki toujou la/san rete, san lachman Quivering Tranble/ Fremi
Constricting k'ap sere w/ k'ap sentre w Radiating K'ap kouri ale yon lòt kote
Continuous San rete, san kanpe Referred Ki soti yon lòt kote
Cramping K’ap Kranponnen Remittent Diminye/Kalme
Crushing K'ap kraze Scratchy Grafiyen/ grafonyen
Darting K'ap lanse Searing K'ap seche/ brile
Deep Ki anndan Severe Di anpil/ fò
Diffused Gaye Sharp Tranche, k'ap fann
Discomforting Ki bay Enkonfò Shifting K'ap Chanje
Dizzy Tèt vire/ Vètij/ Lawouli Shock-like Tankou Chòk
Drilling Pèse Shooting K'ap tire
Dull Ki pa fò/ Ansoudin Sore Maleng
Electric Elektrik Spasmodic Mòde lage
Excruciating Grav/ Entolerab/ Fò anpil Splitting K'ap fann
Explosive K'ap exploze Squeezing Peze/ sere
Fixed San chanjanman, san bouje Stabbing Dechire/ Ponyade
Flashing K'ap flache Steady Estab
Flickering k'ap zigonnen Sticking K'ap pike/ K'ap antre
Full feeling Sansasyon vant plen/ Balonman Stiffness Rèd
Gas Gaz Stinging K'ap brile/Kwit
Generalized Ki nan tout kò moun Suffocating K'ap toufe
Gnawing Ansoudinn ki toujou la Tearing K'ap dechire
Gradual Gradyèl/ o fi a mezi Tender Sansib
Gripping Pasyonan Throbbing K'ap lanse
Growing pains Doulè k'ap vin pi fò Tight Sere
Heartburn Kè boule/ Kè brile Tightness Sere/ Peze
Hurting Fè mal Tingling K'ap pike
Indigestion Endigesyon Twinge Lanse
Intense Fò/ grav Twisting k'ap kòde
Intermittent Ale vini Twitch Tranble tou piti
Jumping Ki pa ret an plas Unbearable Entolerab/ Pa ka sipòte
Knot-like Tankou yon Ne Uncomfortable Pa konfòtab
Light-headed Tèt lejè/ Tèt vire/ Tèt fèb Vague discomfort Enkonfò konsa konsa
Localized An plas Warm Cho
Mild Pa fò
Moderate Plizoumwen
Nagging Anmèdan/ anniyan
Needle-like Pike tankou Zegwi
Neuralgia Doulè nè

Thanks to Gertrude Paul and Nagela Bonnet and Cambridge Health Alliance, Updated 11/09
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