avogoso

From avogar (“to advocate”) +‎ -oso. Compare Asturian abegosu.

• IPA^(key): [aβoˈɣosʊ]

avogoso (feminine avogosa, masculine plural avogosos, feminine plural avogosas)

1. helpful; who brings good luck

   Synonym: desavogoso

2. (of Catholic saints) powerful, helpful

   Synonym: milagreiro

• desavogoso

• avogar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avogoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avogoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “avogoso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN