docto

Latin

Participle

doctō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of doctus

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdoɡto/ [ˈd̪oɣ̞.t̪o]
Rhymes: -oɡto
Syllabification: doc‧to

Adjective

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.