advogar
Portuguese
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin advocāre. Doublet of avocar and avogar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(h)], /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ɾ)/, /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(χ)], /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(ɻ)/, /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dvuˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.ðvuˈɣaɾ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dbuˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.ðβuˈɣaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dvuˈɡa.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðvuˈɣa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: ad‧vo‧gar
Verb
advogar (first-person singular present advogo, first-person singular preterite advoguei, past participle advogado)
- (intransitive) to work as a lawyer; to practice
- (intransitive) to defend; to represent (to make legal defence of) [with por ‘someone’]
- Synonym: defender
- (transitive or intransitive) to advocate (to express or encourage support for) [transitive or with por ‘something’]
Conjugation
Conjugation of advogar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.