OK, today I am gonna talk about feeling sick and wanting to vomit. There are many many words for this in English and I will just cover some of the most popular...
vomit: this is a MEDICAL term, you will most often hear it in hospitals or from doctors.
Saying "I'm gonna vomit" sounds pretty strange.
puke or barf: instead you'd say "I'm gonna puke" or "I'm gonna barf".
These are both casual English but barf is a little childish.
throw up: "I'm gonna throw up" is the most popular phrase for vomit.
Now, before you get sick you might want to warn people. So here are some more useful words:
nauseous: causing nausea, sickening. It means you feel sick to the stomach and want to vomit.
ex: That roller coaster made me nauseous.
queasy: the same as nauseous but more casual.
ex: The sight of blood makes me queasy.
Many times we feel sick to our stomach because of a car, plane or boat. So we have some special words that cover motion sickness.
carsick: to throw up because of a car's motion
airsick: to throw up because of a plane's motion
seasick: to throw up because of a boat or ship's motion
You will notice that I often said sick, in English if you say "I'm gonna be sick" it means "I'm gonna throw up"!
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