advocate

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
2. Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
3. A person who speaks in support of something, or someone.
4. A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.

Verb

1. To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
2. To encourage support for something.
3. To engage in advocacy.
4. To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
5. To call a case before itself for decision.

Conceptos

abogado

defensor

recomendar

abogar

representante

abogada

propugnar

portavoz

defender

vocero

jurisperito

legalista

licenciado

certificar

ensalzar

partidario

ofrecer

proponer

paladín

emplearse

interceder

sostener

apoyar

predicar

aconsejar

abogado defensor

hacer propaganda

defendedora

adepta

hincha

seguidor

seguidora

jurista

letrada

letrado

notario

procurador

custodio

guardián

protector

defensora

partidaria

proponente

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈæd.və.kət/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English advocat, advoket, from Old French advocat, from Latin advocātus (past participle of advocāre (“to call for”)), a calque of Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos) (whence English paraclete). Doublet of advoke, avocat, avouch, and avow.