🇵🇹 Portuguese

doutor

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!

Doutor is masculine in Portuguese. The article is o, so the full form is o doutor ("doctor (male, or generic)").

MASCULINE

o doutor

doctor (male, or generic)

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doutor
/doˈtoɾ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say doutor in Portuguese?

IPA
/doˈtoɾ/

How do you pronounce doutor in Portuguese?

doutor is pronounced /doˈtoɾ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O doutor é muito atencioso.

The doctor is very attentive.

O meu doutor está ocupado hoje.

My doctor is busy today.

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Why is it masculine?

Doutor is masculine, from Latin doctor; agent nouns ending in -or are typically masculine in Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for doctor (male, or generic)?

The Portuguese word for doctor (male, or generic) is o doutor — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchdocteurlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishdoctorelmasculine

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