advogado
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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
- Hyphenation: ad‧vo‧ga‧do
Noun
advogado m (plural advogados, feminine advogada, feminine plural advogadas)
- (law) lawyer (individual trained in Law and legally qualified to exercise judicial mandate and other technical and legal functions as a profession)
- advocate
Related terms
Participle
advogado (feminine advogada, masculine plural advogados, feminine plural advogadas)
Further reading
- “advogado”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “advogado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025