doctorado

/doɡtoˈɾado/ · B2 · noun · m

doctors degree

🎓 doctorado = doctor + -ado (the state of having earned the doctor title)

From doctor, Latin for teacher, plus the Spanish suffix -ado, which marks a degree or condition (like licenciado). So doctorado is the rank or degree of being a doctor: a doctorate.

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