docto

Latin edit

Participle edit

doctō

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)

learned, erudite
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “[[:s:es:Don Quijote, Primera Parte: Capítulo I

|Capítulo I]]

”, 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.