catedrático

full professor

noun kah-teh-DRAH-tee-koh Rare

Origin: From Latin cathedraticus, from cathedra ('seat, chair').

Also means

chair holder

Usage Note

Catedrático is the highest permanent academic rank in the Spanish university system, roughly equivalent to a full professor with a named chair (cátedra). The feminine is catedrática. Below it sits profesor titular and profesor asociado. In secondary education a catedrático de instituto is a senior civil-servant teacher who has passed a competitive state exam (oposición).

Examples

"La catedrática de física ganó el premio nacional."

Natural Translation

The full professor of physics won the national prize.

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