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Questions & Answers about Visitamos al médico.
Why is it al médico instead of just el médico?
This sentence uses the personal a. In Spanish, when the direct object of a verb (the person receiving the action) is a person, we must put the word a right before them. Since médico is masculine, it uses the article el. When a and el are next to each other, they combine into the single word al.
Would I still use the personal a if I visit a place instead of a person?
No, the personal a is specifically for people (and sometimes beloved pets). If you visit a place, like a museum, you drop the a and just use the article. For example, you would say Visitamos el museo.
How would this sentence change if the doctor were a woman?
If the doctor is female, the word becomes médica and uses the feminine article la. You still need the personal a, but a and la do not contract into one word. You would say Visitamos a la médica.