advogar

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to work as a lawyer; to practice
  2. (intransitive) to defend; to represent (to make legal defence of)
  3. (intransitive, transitive) to advocate (to express or encourage support for)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ʁ)/
Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin advocāre. Doublet of avocar and avogar.

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