How the engineer is said

There are some linguistic combinations in Spanish that can cause some kind of confusion at the moment of using them; above all, in the names that designate professions that, historically, have been developed more by one gender than another. This is the case of the word " engineer " or of others such as "housewife", "doctor" or "judge".

In we want to reveal how the engineer is said according to the norm prefixed in the panhispánico Dictionary of doubts .

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According to the panhispánico Dictionary of doubts, the word "engineer" means "Person qualified to practice engineering". This name can be written both in masculine "engineer" as in feminine "engineer"; therefore, it can be accompanied by the article "the" and "the".

In this way, it would be correct to say:

• The engineer arrived late
• The engineer arrived late

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However, in the same dictionary indicate that the male name "engineer" should not be used if you want to refer to a female person.

According to this definition, the word "engineer" should only be used with the determinant "the" and is used to refer to a man; If the person who develops this activity is female, it must be called "engineer" and accompanied by the article "la".

According to this clarification, the combination of words * the engineer is not correct.

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Therefore, before the question of what is said by the engineer? the answer is that you should always say "the engineer" or "the engineer"; any other combination would be incorrect.