Participle

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1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of doctus

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#DOCTOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#DOCTO doctus, perfect passive participle of doceō (“to teach, to instruct”). Compare the inherited doublet duchoCategory:Spanish doublets#DOCTO.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoɡto/ [ˈd̪oɣ̞.t̪o]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#DOCTOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#DOCTO
• Rhymes: -oɡtoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oɡto#DOCTOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oɡto/2 syllables#DOCTO
• Syllabification: doc‧to

Adjective

docto (feminine docta, masculine plural doctos, feminine plural doctas)Category:Spanish lemmas#DOCTOCategory:Spanish adjectives#DOCTOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DOCTOCategory:Pages with entries#DOCTOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DOCTO

1. learned, erudite

   Synonym: erudito

   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, chapter I, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha [ The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha], Primera parte, Madrid: Imprenta de Juan de la Cuesta:

     Tuvo muchas veces competencia con el cura de su lugar —que era hombre docto, graduado en Cigüenza— sobre cuál había sido mejor caballero: Palmerín de Ingalaterra o Amadís de Gaula.

     Many an argument did he have with the curate of his village (a learned man, and a graduate of Sigüenza) as to which had been the better knight, Palmerin of England or Amadis of Gaul.

     Category:Spanish terms with quotations#DOCTO

Further reading

• “docto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025