avogacía

Galician

Etymology

Attested since at least since 1416. Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin advocātia, from Latin advocātus (“attorney”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aβoɣaˈθiɐ]

Noun

avogacía f (plural avogacías)

1. advocacy, attorneyship
   • 1416, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 23:

     que pagasen a Gomes Rodriges, bachiller, os quatroçentos moravedis, brancas en tres dineiros, que avia de aver por rason de seu selario de avocaçia deste dito anno.

     that they must pay Gomes Rodríguez, bachelor, the four hundred maravedis, in brancas, each one three denarii, that he must have because of his salary of advocacy for this said year

2. a lawyer's office

Related terms

• avogado

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “avocaçia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “avocaçia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avogacía”, 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), “avogacía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega