advogado

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese avogado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned term derived from Latin advocātus. Compare Spanish abogado and Galician avogado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa.du/, /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa.du/, /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa.do/, /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa.do/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dvuˈɡa.du/ [ɐ.ðvuˈɣa.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dvuˈɡa.du/ [ɐ.ðvuˈɣa.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dbuˈɡa.du/ [ɐ.ðβuˈɣa.ðu]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: ad‧vo‧ga‧do

Noun

advogado m (plural advogados, feminine advogada, feminine plural advogadas)

1. (law) lawyer (individual trained in Law and legally qualified to exercise judicial mandate and other technical and legal functions as a profession)
2. advocate

Derived terms

• advogado de porta de cadeia

Related terms

• advogar

Participle

advogado (feminine advogada, masculine plural advogados, feminine plural advogadas)

1. past participle of advogar

Further reading

• “advogado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “advogado”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “advogado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026