avocar

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Portuguese

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Latin advocāre. Doublet of advogar and avogar.

Pronunciation

[edit]
 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧vo‧car

Verb

[edit]

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

[edit]

Spanish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

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

  1. (law) to advocate; to hear

Conjugation

[edit]
[edit]

Further reading

[edit]