avoco

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See also: avocò

Italian

Verb

avoco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avocare

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ā- (from”, “away) +‎ vocō (I call).

Pronunciation

Verb

āvocō (present infinitive āvocāre, perfect active āvocāvī, supine āvocātum); first conjugation

  1. to call off or away, withdraw, divert, remove, separate, turn
    Synonyms: āvertō, dīvertō, dēmoveō
    Antonyms: advocō, prōvocō, vocō
  2. to distract or divert someone's attention
  3. to dissuade, discourage, divert
  4. to interrupt, hinder
    Synonyms: interrumpō, interveniō, dirimō, irrumpō, frangō, īnfringō, rumpō
  5. to divert by cheering; cheer, amuse, occupy
  6. (law) to reclaim, recall, withdraw, confiscate
  7. to revoke, disavow

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: avocar
  • English: avocate, avoke
  • Italian: avocare

References

  • avoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • avoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • avoco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari

Portuguese

Verb

avoco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avocar

Spanish

Verb

avoco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avocar