doctrinero
Spanish, noun/doɡtɾiˈneɾo/
doctrinero is spelled D-O-C-T-R-I-N-E-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 155,407th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doctrinero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “someone who teaches a doctrine, especially a missionary who taught the Catholic doctrine to Native Americans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does doctrinero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone who teaches a doctrine, especially a missionary who taught the Catholic doctrine to Native Americans
adjective
- 1
that teaches or promotes a doctrine, especially the Catholic doctrine
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of doctrinero
- doctrineros plural
- doctrinera feminine
- doctrineras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce doctrinero?
- /doɡtɾiˈneɾo/
- [d̪oɣ̞.t̪ɾiˈne.ɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is doctrinero in Spanish?
doctrinero appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).