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el paciente
patient
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How do you say paciente in Spanish?
How do you pronounce paciente in Spanish?
paciente is pronounced /el paˈθjente/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El paciente anciano llegó al hospital muy preocupado porque tenía dolor en el pecho.
The elderly patient (masculine) arrived at the hospital very worried because he had chest pain.
El paciente joven fue atendido por el doctor que lo examinó cuidadosamente.
The young patient (masculine) was attended to by the doctor who examined him carefully.
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Why is it masculine?
Paciente is masculine because it derives from the Latin "patiens" (masculine nominative form), which comes from the verb "pati" (to suffer/endure), and Latin nouns ending in "-ens" were typically masculine. The word retained the masculine gender when it was adopted into Spanish, following the standard pattern for Latin-origin words of this type.
What is the Spanish word for patient?
The Spanish word for patient is el paciente — masculine.
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