If you ever have to buy a pair of glasses or see an eye doctor in a Spanish speaking country you wil certainly need the survival vocabulary listed below.
los ojos – eyes
Me duelen los ojos. – My eyes hurt.
Tengo que forzarme los ojos – I have to strain my eyes.
el oculista – eye doctor
el oftalmólago – ophthalmologist
la catarrata – cataract
los anteojos or las gafas – eyeglasses
los aros – rims
los bifocales – bifocals
las patillas – arms of a pair of glasses
lentes para el sol – sunglasses
lentes graduados – prescription glasses
estuche – a case for glasses
limpiador – cleaner
hipermétrope – farsighted
miope, corto de vista – nearsighted
la vista – sight
gotas para los ojos – eye drops
examen de vista -eye exam
ciego – blind
bizco – cross-eyed
astigmatismo – astigmatism
ojos saltones -popeyed
ojo desviado or extraviado – walleyed
Tiquismo (Costa Rican expression) of the week: Hacer ojitos means to flirt.