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El médico de la familia es excelente.

El médico de la familia es excelente.
The family doctor is excellent.
From Lesson 180:Polite advice (deberías...)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El médico de la familia es excelente.

Why use médico instead of doctor here?
Both words are very common in Latin America. Médico refers specifically to the medical profession (a physician), whereas doctor is technically an academic title, though it is used every day to mean a medical doctor. You can safely use either one.
Could I say médico familiar instead of médico de la familia?
Yes, médico familiar is a very common way to say family doctor or general practitioner. Médico de la familia translates literally to doctor of the family and means the exact same thing, just emphasizing that this is the specific doctor your family goes to.
Why do we use es instead of está with excelente?
We use es (from the verb ser) because being excelente is seen as an inherent, ongoing characteristic of this doctor's professional skills, rather than a temporary state or condition.
If the doctor is female, does the word excelente change?
It does not change. Adjectives that end in -e in Spanish, like excelente, inteligente, or amable, are gender-neutral. If the doctor were female, the sentence would simply change the nouns and articles to La médica de la familia es excelente.

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