avocar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• advocar (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advocāre. Doublet of advogar and avogar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.voˈka(ʁ)/ [a.voˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.voˈka(ʁ)/ [a.voˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.voˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.voˈka(ʁ)/ [a.voˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.voˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vuˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vuˈkaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.buˈkaɾ/ [ɐ.βuˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vuˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧vo‧car

Verb

avocar (first-person singular present avoco, first-person singular preterite avoquei, past participle avocado)

1. (intransitive) to task; to give a responsibility (to) [with a ‘someone’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	avocar
Personal	avocar	avocares	avocar	avocarmos	avocardes	avocarem
Gerund
	avocando
Past participle
Masculine	avocado			avocados
Feminine	avocada			avocadas
Indicative
Present	avoco	avocas	avoca	avocamos	avocais	avocam
Imperfect	avocava	avocavas	avocava	avocávamos	avocáveis	avocavam
Preterite	avoquei	avocaste	avocou	avocamos1, avocámos2	avocastes	avocaram
Pluperfect	avocara	avocaras	avocara	avocáramos	avocáreis	avocaram
Future	avocarei	avocarás	avocará	avocaremos	avocareis	avocarão
Conditional	avocaria	avocarias	avocaria	avocaríamos	avocaríeis	avocariam
Subjunctive
Present	avoque	avoques	avoque	avoquemos	avoqueis	avoquem
Imperfect	avocasse	avocasses	avocasse	avocássemos	avocásseis	avocassem
Future	avocar	avocares	avocar	avocarmos	avocardes	avocarem
Imperative
Affirmative		avoca	avoque	avoquemos	avocai	avoquem
Negative (não)		não avoques	não avoque	não avoquemos	não avoqueis	não avoquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin advocāre. Doublet of abogar and advocar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aboˈkaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧vo‧car
• Homophone: abocar

Verb

avocar (first-person singular present avoco, first-person singular preterite avoqué, past participle avocado)

1. (law) to advocate; to hear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			avocar
gerund			avocando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avocado		avocada
		plural		avocados		avocadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	avoco	avocastú avocásvos	avoca	avocamos	avocáis	avocan
	imperfect	avocaba	avocabas	avocaba	avocábamos	avocabais	avocaban
	preterite	avoqué	avocaste	avocó	avocamos	avocasteis	avocaron
	future	avocaré	avocarás	avocará	avocaremos	avocaréis	avocarán
	conditional	avocaría	avocarías	avocaría	avocaríamos	avocaríais	avocarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	avoque	avoquestú avoquésvos2	avoque	avoquemos	avoquéis	avoquen
	imperfect (ra)	avocara	avocaras	avocara	avocáramos	avocarais	avocaran
	imperfect (se)	avocase	avocases	avocase	avocásemos	avocaseis	avocasen
	future1	avocare	avocares	avocare	avocáremos	avocareis	avocaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		avocatú avocávos	avoque	avoquemos	avocad	avoquen
	negative		no avoques	no avoque	no avoquemos	no avoquéis	no avoquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of avocar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive avocar
	dative	avocarme	avocarte	avocarle, avocarse	avocarnos	avocaros	avocarles, avocarse
	accusative	avocarme	avocarte	avocarlo, avocarla, avocarse	avocarnos	avocaros	avocarlos, avocarlas, avocarse
with gerund avocando
	dative	avocándome	avocándote	avocándole, avocándose	avocándonos	avocándoos	avocándoles, avocándose
	accusative	avocándome	avocándote	avocándolo, avocándola, avocándose	avocándonos	avocándoos	avocándolos, avocándolas, avocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative avoca
	dative	avócame	avócate	avócale	avócanos	not used	avócales
	accusative	avócame	avócate	avócalo, avócala	avócanos	not used	avócalos, avócalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative avocá
	dative	avocame	avocate	avocale	avocanos	not used	avocales
	accusative	avocame	avocate	avocalo, avocala	avocanos	not used	avocalos, avocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative avoque
	dative	avóqueme	not used	avóquele, avóquese	avóquenos	not used	avóqueles
	accusative	avóqueme	not used	avóquelo, avóquela, avóquese	avóquenos	not used	avóquelos, avóquelas
with first-person plural imperative avoquemos
	dative	not used	avoquémoste	avoquémosle	avoquémonos	avoquémoos	avoquémosles
	accusative	not used	avoquémoste	avoquémoslo, avoquémosla	avoquémonos	avoquémoos	avoquémoslos, avoquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative avocad
	dative	avocadme	not used	avocadle	avocadnos	avocaos	avocadles
	accusative	avocadme	not used	avocadlo, avocadla	avocadnos	avocaos	avocadlos, avocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative avoquen
	dative	avóquenme	not used	avóquenle	avóquennos	not used	avóquenles, avóquense
	accusative	avóquenme	not used	avóquenlo, avóquenla	avóquennos	not used	avóquenlos, avóquenlas, avóquense

Related terms

• avocación

 

Further reading

• “avocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014