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You have a headache. Where in a Spanish-speaking country do you buy medicine?

La farmacia is the pharmacy.

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  1. La biblioteca
  2. La panadería
  3. La farmacia ✔

Why: Farmacia is pharmacy, drugstore or chemist. Biblioteca is a library and panadería sells bread. Pharmacists can often give simple advice.

Huh, didn't know that: An older word for pharmacy, botica, is still heard in some places.

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Answer: La farmacia. Farmacia is pharmacy, drugstore or chemist. Biblioteca is a library and panadería sells bread. Pharmacists can often give simple advice.

  1. Wiktionary: farmacia (secondary check) en.wiktionary.org/wiki/farmacia
    pharmacy, (US) drugstore, (UK) chemist. Synonyms: botica
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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