advogado
advogar
- (intransitive) to work as a lawyer; to practice
- (intransitive) to defend; to represent (to make legal defence of)
- (intransitive, transitive) to advocate (to express or encourage support for)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa.du/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese avogado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned term derived from Latin advocātus. Compare Spanish abogado and Galician avogado.
Related words
counselor-at-law
legal adviser
porta voz
Advogados do Reino Unido
barrister
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