advogado do diabo

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Portuguese

Noun

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

  1. devil's advocate (one who debates from a view they may not actually hold)
  2. (Roman Catholicism) devil's advocate (lawyer appointed to argue against the canonisation of the proposed candidate)