doctora

See also: doctorá, doctorà, and doctoră

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [dukˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dokˈto.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [dukˈto.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [dokˈto.ɾa]

Etymology 1

Noun

doctora f (plural doctores)

1. female equivalent of doctor

Etymology 2

Verb

doctora

1. inflection of doctorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɔkˈtoː.raː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [dokˈtɔː.ra]

Verb

doctōrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of doctōrō

Romanian

Noun

doctora

1. definite singular of doctoră

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doɡˈtoɾa/ [d̪oɣ̞ˈt̪o.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: doc‧to‧ra

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti

Proto-Italic *dokejō

Proto-Italic *dokeō

Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl.

Latin doceō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin doctorbor.

Spanish doctor

Spanish -a

Spanish doctora

From doctor + -a.

Alternative forms

• Dra.

Noun

doctora f (plural doctoras)

1. female equivalent of doctor: female doctor
2. doctor's wife

Etymology 2

Verb

doctora

1. inflection of doctorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “doctor”, 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