advogado

Portuguese

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa.du/, /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa.do/, /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa.do/
 

  • Hyphenation: ad‧vo‧ga‧do

Noun

advogado m (plural advogados, feminine advogada, feminine plural advogadas)

  1. (law) lawyer (individual trained in Law and legally qualified to exercise judicial mandate and other technical and legal functions as a profession)
  2. advocate

Derived terms

Participle

advogado (feminine advogada, masculine plural advogados, feminine plural advogadas)

  1. past participle of advogar

Further reading

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