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Old July 21, 2016, 11:57 AM
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"It's going to hurt."

What are typical ways to say "it's going to hurt."
(Eg. you're at the doctor's office and they're going to stick a needle in you.)
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you'll feel a pinch /vas a sentir un pequeño pellisco.
But is you really want to warn about something being painful (like something that may require opiates) you would say puede ser doloroso.
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This is likely to be different from one region to another, so I can only talk about the doctors and nurses I know.


When the procedure is imminent:
- Un poquito de dolor. (Even when they know it will hurt a lot, but they don't want to scare you.)
- Un dolorcito. (This was my dentist.)
- Un piquetito. (When there is a needle involved.)
- Un ardorcito. (When the liquid of an injection is entering the body, for example.)

Very few of them say "va a doler", but it's not completely unusual.


When there are other feelings involved or complex procedures, they tend to make more personal sentences instead of impersonal phrases:

- Le va a doler, pero por favor no se mueva.
- Se va a sentir un poco mareado(a). / Va a sentir un ligero mareo.
- Le va a dar mucho calor, pero va a pasar pronto.
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Thanks, Angelica, but I'd like to make it more general (not doctor-specific).

In general: "It's going to hurt."
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"(Te) Va a doler" or Poli's suggestion "puede ser doloroso". Anything depends on the context.
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