médico

/ˈmɛdʒiku/

o noun A1

o (masc.) a (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
os médicos

Meaning

  1. doctor

    • O médico examinou o doente.

      The doctor examined the patient.

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

doutor

doutor is more used as a title; médico is the professional term — both mean "doctor."

Similar in other languages

German

Doktor

Doktor is the German word for the same thing — both mean "doctor."

Spanish

doctor

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

Spanish

médico

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

Practice

1 What does médico mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ examinou o doente.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches médico?

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