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How to say "doctor" in Spanish
"Doctor" in Spanish is doctor, pronounced dohk-TOHR (stress on the syllable in capitals). It is a masculine noun (el doctor, plural los doctores). Also: médico (doctor); doctora, a female doctor.
| Spanish | doctor |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | dohk-TOHR |
| Meaning | doctor |
| Gender | masculine: el doctor |
| Plural | los doctores |
| Frequency | #163 in the Palabra list of common Spanish words |
Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
How to pronounce doctor
Doctor is pronounced dohk-TOHR, in IPA /doɡˈtoɾ/. Doctor has two syllables, dohk-TOHR, with the stress on the second. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a consonant other than -n or -s are stressed on the last syllable.
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Is doctor masculine or feminine?
Doctor is masculine, so it takes el (the) and un (a): el doctor. The plural is los doctores. That fits the usual pattern: most nouns ending in -or are masculine.
Example sentence
El doctor trabaja en el hospital.
The doctor works at the hospital.
How to remember doctor
doctor [dohk-TOHR] sounds like the English “dock tore”. Picture this:
At the dock, a torn fishing net gets fixed by a man in a white coat who checks your pulse.
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