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docto

Spanish, adjective/ˈdoɡto/

docto is spelled D-O-C-T-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 91,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Docto is a Spanish adjective meaning “learned, erudite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que debido a sus estudios ha adquirido un conocimiento mayor que el común”.

What does docto mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    learned, erudite

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Persona que debido a sus estudios ha adquirido un conocimiento mayor que el común. 2. Sabio, erudíto, estudioso, versado en ciencias, o facultades.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of docto

  • docta feminine
  • doctos masculine plural
  • doctas feminine plural
  • doctísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce docto?

  • /ˈdoɡto/
  • [ˈd̪oɣ̞.t̪o]
  • [ˈd̪okt̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to docto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is docto in Spanish?

docto appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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