facultativo
Spanish, noun/fakultaˈtibo/
facultativo is spelled F-A-C-U-L-T-A-T-I-V-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Facultativo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “physician” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Médico o cirujano titulado”.
What does facultativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
facultative
noun
- 1
masculinephysician
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no es obligatorio, sino opcional. 2. Perteneciente a la facultad, o poder que uno tiene para hacer algo. 3. Que pertenece o concierne al médico. 4. Dicho de una persona: Que trabaja al servicio del Estado.
noun: 1. Médico o cirujano titulado.
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 facultativo
- facultativa feminine
- facultativos masculine plural
- facultativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce facultativo?
- /fakultaˈtibo/
- [fa.kul̪.t̪aˈt̪i.β̞o]
- [fakul̪t̪aˈt̪iβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to facultativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is facultativo in Spanish?
facultativo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).