Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Poner gotas en los ojos
English translation:
apply eye drops
Spanish term
Poner gotas en los ojos
La traducción literal "Put drops on your eyes" me suena incorrecta.
¿Algún nativo de lengua inglesa me puede ayudar?
| 4 +10 | apply eye drops |
Marcel Gomez
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| 4 +5 | How to instil/instill eye drops |
Neil Ashby
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| 3 +4 | to put in eye drops |
ormiston
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| 4 | place drops in the eyes |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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Proposed translations
Peru
12-year-experienced, graduated in Japan
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Mexican, Latin American, Peruvian, Latin American, Peruvian) 
Works in: Japanese to Spanish, Japanese to English, Chinese to Spanish, and 2 more.
apply eye drops
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Charles Davis
: A valid option
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neilmac
: First thing I thought of too...Optrex UK says "apply": http://www.optrex.co.uk/optrex-range/drops/optrex-infected-e...
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philgoddard
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Diego Zaragoza
2 hrs
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Mary Gardner Hume
2 hrs
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Robert Carter
: For a prescription, I'd go with this.
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DarwinE
8 hrs
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Mónica Belén Colacilli
21 hrs
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Maria Iglesia Ramos
23 hrs
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Jeanine Manzano
1 day 7 hrs
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Spain
DrNeil TechTrans, Precision & Clarity
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
How to instil/instill eye drops
How to Instill Your Eyedrops: Get the Facts - eMedicineHealth
www.emedicinehealth.com › home › eye & vision center › eye & vision az list
With the index finger of one hand, gently pull down on your lower eyelid to form a small pocket just inside the eyelid. With the other hand, hold the eyedrop bottle between your thumb and index finger. Rest that hand on the hand that is gently pulling down on your lower eyelid.
Using Eye Drops – How to Instill Eye Drops in your Eyes – Bausch + ...
www.bausch.com/our-products/contact...drops/...drops/using-...
Before you open your eyes, wipe the unabsorbed drops and tears from the closed ... Remove your contact lenses before using an eye drop that isn't specifically ...
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Of couse you will need to adapt it to your sentence, I can't do that for you if you don't provide the full context. Saludos.
| No much context, Neil, but your answers are very helpful, thanks. |
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Robert Carter
: I think I've spent too long abroad, this would never have occurred to me without investigating it :-)
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Thanks Robert, I've done a lot of ophthalmology discharge reports recently, so was already familiar with it.
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franglish
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Cheers Franglish
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patinba
: Like Robert, I had no idea of this one. Thanks!
41 mins
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Thanks Pat
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Charles Davis
: Quite correct, though "put in" is fine too, and arguably preferable here (material for patients tends to be expressed as simply as possible). No reason to think it means "How to".
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Good points Charles. I included "How to" because I was thinking of a prescription (not a Patient Leaflet) and what a doctor might write.
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philgoddard
: I'd never heard of this, but that's my own ignorance. I would have thought the plain-English "apply" is better.
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I'm sure there's umpteen financial or insurance terms I've never heard of, but I haven't got time to comment on areas in which I don't specialise. ;@)
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neilmac
: Ditto exactly what phil says....
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Cheers Neil
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United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
place drops in the eyes
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writeaway
: what part of the US?
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Everywhere. By the way, I saw you have zero credentials in Spanish, and neither do you have any in Italian, so what are you doing on those pages? As if I didn't know... You've been overtly rude to me ever since I first appeared on this website...
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to put in eye drops
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https://www.google.fr/url?q=http://www.glaucoma.org/gleams/e...
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Charles Davis
: Perfectly OK and natural; used in a number of NHS sources, for example. The simpler the better for patient material.
51 mins
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liz askew
: Exactly.
2 hrs
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Wilsonn Perez Reyes
: Since this is simpler English...
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neilmac
: I'd still go with "apply", as favoured by Optrex UK....
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Discussion
tr.v. in·stilled, in·still·ing, in·stills also in·stils
1. To introduce by gradual, persistent efforts; implant: "Morality ... may be instilled into their minds" (Thomas Jefferson).
2. To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/instil
Instil means to add dropwise - they are called "eye drops" for a reason, because they are added dropwise ;@).
Prescriptions and instructions for use include phrases such as, "instil 3 drops in each eye."
As the dosage is measured in drops and instil means to add drop-wise they go together like salt 'n' pepper.
Yes, it is the register used by ophthalmogists.
1. Wash your hands.
2. Get your child into any of these positions to give the eye drops: [...]"
Photo caption: "A person putting in eye drops"
Great Ormond Street Hospital, Ophthalmology Dept
http://www.gosh.nhs.uk/medical-information-0/procedures-and-...
"Oxford Eye Hospital
How to instil eye drops
Information for patients"
http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/patient-guide/leaflets/files/100322ins...
"Apply your eye drops regularly as instructed by the nurse. • Use your eye drops for 4 weeks.
How to apply eye drops. 1. Wash your hands. 2. Tilt your head back."
http://www.nhstaysidecdn.scot.nhs.uk/NHSTaysideWeb/idcplg?Id...