advogar
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin advocāre. Doublet of avocar and avogar.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ad‧vo‧gar
Verb edit
advogar (first-person singular present advogo, first-person singular preterite advoguei, past participle advogado)
- (intransitive) to work as a lawyer; to practice
- (transitive with por) to defend; to represent (to make legal defence of)
- Synonym: defender
- (transitive with por or with no preposition) to advocate (to express or encourage support for)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of advogar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.