doctor

/dokˈtoɾ/

el noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain Medical Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: medical. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los doctores

Meaning

  1. doctor

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: person. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: animate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

médico

médico is more the professional or technical term; doctor is more common, and used as a title of address — both mean "doctor."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

doutor

doutor is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "doctor."

Portuguese

médico

médico is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "doctor."

Practice

1 What does doctor mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ atiende a los pacientes.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches doctor?

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