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masculine

/konsulˈtoɾjo/

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Translation

doctor's surgery, consulting room

Word origin

From consultar ('to consult'), from Latin consultare, a frequentative of consulere ('to take counsel'), plus the place suffix -orio.

Origin
Latin
Root
consultare
English cognates
consult, consultation

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralconsultorios

Examples

.

The doctor's surgery is on the second floor.

.

I waited half an hour in the consulting room.

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What time does the surgery open?

doctora atiende .

The doctor sees patients in her consulting room in the afternoons.

receta.

I have to stop by the surgery to pick up the prescription.

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This word is part of lesson 96.