estudiante de medicina
/estudjante de mediθina/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'medical student' is translated into Spanish as estudiante de medicina.
This noun phrase is used to describe a person who is studying at a medical school.
Meaning: student at a medical school (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of estudiante (student) and de medicina (of medicine).
How does it change in a sentence?
To specify a female medical student, you change the article to the feminine la (e.g., la estudiante de medicina). To make the phrase plural, you change estudiante to estudiantes while de medicina remains unchanged.
What mistakes should you avoid?
English speakers often mistakenly try to translate 'medical' as an adjective (médico) directly before the noun, such as saying estudiante médico. Instead, you must use the construction estudiante de medicina.
Did you know?
- A patient in a hospital may address an estudiante de medicina as el doctor or la doctora as a sign of respect before they have actually graduated.
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, a student in their final clinical years is referred to as an interno rather than an estudiante de medicina.
- The word medicina is a direct borrowing from the Latin medicīna, though it appeared as melecina in some early forms.
Examples in context
- Juan es estudiante de medicina.Juan is a medical student.This sentence is useful for identifying a person as an estudiante de medicina.Tatoeba #2935337 by hayastan, translation #12049484 by humding3r
- Él es estudiante de medicina.He is a medical student.This sentence is useful for identifying a male as an estudiante de medicina.Tatoeba #764756 by darinmex, translation #293599 by CK
- Maria es una estudiante de medicina en la universidad.Maria is a medical student at the university.
- Sergio sueña con convertirse en estudiante de medicina un día.Sergio dreams of becoming a medical student one day.
- Mi hermana es estudiante de medicina.My sister is a medical student.
Example conversation
Lucía and Daniel are meeting at a party.
- LucíaHola, soy Lucía. ¿A qué te dedicas?Hi, I'm Lucía. What do you do?
- DanielHola, Lucía. Soy estudiante de medicina.Hi, Lucía. I'm a medical student.
- Lucía¡Qué bien! Debe ser muy difícil.That's great! It must be very difficult.
- DanielSí, pero me gusta mucho mi carrera.Yes, but I really like my career.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, estudiante, medicina, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
