docto

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Latin[edit]

Participle[edit]

doctō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of doctus

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin doctus, perfect passive participle of doceō (to teach, to instruct). Compare the inherited doublet ducho.

Adjective[edit]

docto (feminine docta, masculine plural doctos, feminine plural doctas)

  1. learned, erudite

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”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

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.

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