doctorar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [duk.tuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [dok.toˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dok.toˈɾaɾ]
• Homophone: doctorà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

doctorar (first-person singular present doctoro, first-person singular preterite doctorí, past participle doctorat); root stress: (Northern) /u/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /o/

1. to grant a doctorate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of doctorar (first conjugation)

infinitive			doctorar
gerund			doctorant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		doctorat		doctorada
		plural		doctorats		doctorades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	doctoro	doctores	doctora	doctorem	doctoreu	doctoren
	imperfect	doctorava	doctoraves	doctorava	doctoràvem	doctoràveu	doctoraven
	future	doctoraré	doctoraràs	doctorarà	doctorarem	doctorareu	doctoraran
	preterite	doctorí	doctorares	doctorà	doctoràrem	doctoràreu	doctoraren
	conditional	doctoraria	doctoraries	doctoraria	doctoraríem	doctoraríeu	doctorarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	doctori	doctoris	doctori	doctorem	doctoreu	doctorin
	imperfect	doctorés	doctoressis	doctorés	doctoréssim	doctoréssiu	doctoressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	doctora	doctori	doctorem	doctoreu	doctorin
	negative (no)	—	no doctoris	no doctori	no doctorem	no doctoreu	no doctorin

Spanish

Etymology

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

Latin doceō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin doctorbor.

Spanish doctor

Spanish -ar

Spanish doctorar

From doctor + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doɡtoˈɾaɾ/ [d̪oɣ̞.t̪oˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: doc‧to‧rar

Verb

doctorar (first-person singular present doctoro, first-person singular preterite doctoré, past participle doctorado)

1. to give/grant a doctorate
2. (reflexive) to get a doctorate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of doctorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			doctorar
gerund			doctorando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		doctorado		doctorada
		plural		doctorados		doctoradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	doctoro	doctorastú doctorásvos	doctora	doctoramos	doctoráis	doctoran
	imperfect	doctoraba	doctorabas	doctoraba	doctorábamos	doctorabais	doctoraban
	preterite	doctoré	doctoraste	doctoró	doctoramos	doctorasteis	doctoraron
	future	doctoraré	doctorarás	doctorará	doctoraremos	doctoraréis	doctorarán
	conditional	doctoraría	doctorarías	doctoraría	doctoraríamos	doctoraríais	doctorarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	doctore	doctorestú doctorésvos2	doctore	doctoremos	doctoréis	doctoren
	imperfect (ra)	doctorara	doctoraras	doctorara	doctoráramos	doctorarais	doctoraran
	imperfect (se)	doctorase	doctorases	doctorase	doctorásemos	doctoraseis	doctorasen
	future1	doctorare	doctorares	doctorare	doctoráremos	doctorareis	doctoraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		doctoratú doctorávos	doctore	doctoremos	doctorad	doctoren
	negative		no doctores	no doctore	no doctoremos	no doctoréis	no doctoren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of doctorar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive doctorar	dative	doctorarme	doctorarte	doctorarle, doctorarse	doctorarnos	doctoraros	doctorarles, doctorarse
	accusative	doctorarme	doctorarte	doctorarlo, doctorarla, doctorarse	doctorarnos	doctoraros	doctorarlos, doctorarlas, doctorarse
with gerund doctorando	dative	doctorándome	doctorándote	doctorándole, doctorándose	doctorándonos	doctorándoos	doctorándoles, doctorándose
	accusative	doctorándome	doctorándote	doctorándolo, doctorándola, doctorándose	doctorándonos	doctorándoos	doctorándolos, doctorándolas, doctorándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative doctora	dative	doctórame	doctórate	doctórale	doctóranos	not used	doctórales
	accusative	doctórame	doctórate	doctóralo, doctórala	doctóranos	not used	doctóralos, doctóralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative doctorá	dative	doctorame	doctorate	doctorale	doctoranos	not used	doctorales
	accusative	doctorame	doctorate	doctoralo, doctorala	doctoranos	not used	doctoralos, doctoralas
with formal second-person singular imperative doctore	dative	doctóreme	not used	doctórele, doctórese	doctórenos	not used	doctóreles
	accusative	doctóreme	not used	doctórelo, doctórela, doctórese	doctórenos	not used	doctórelos, doctórelas
with first-person plural imperative doctoremos	dative	not used	doctorémoste	doctorémosle	doctorémonos	doctorémoos	doctorémosles
	accusative	not used	doctorémoste	doctorémoslo, doctorémosla	doctorémonos	doctorémoos	doctorémoslos, doctorémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative doctorad	dative	doctoradme	not used	doctoradle	doctoradnos	doctoraos	doctoradles
	accusative	doctoradme	not used	doctoradlo, doctoradla	doctoradnos	doctoraos	doctoradlos, doctoradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative doctoren	dative	doctórenme	not used	doctórenle	doctórennos	not used	doctórenles, doctórense
	accusative	doctórenme	not used	doctórenlo, doctórenla	doctórennos	not used	doctórenlos, doctórenlas, doctórense

Further reading

• “doctorar”, 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