advocar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin advōcāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [əd.buˈka]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [əd.voˈka]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ad.voˈkaɾ]
=== Verb ===
advocar (first-person singular present advoco, first-person singular preterite advoquí, past participle advocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
to advocate
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
advocat
veu
==== Further reading ====
“advocar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Portuguese ==
=== Verb ===
advocar (first-person singular present advoco, first-person singular preterite advoquei, past participle advocado)
obsolete spelling of avocar
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“advocar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“advocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin advocāre. Doublet of abogar and avocar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /adboˈkaɾ/ [að̞.β̞oˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ad‧vo‧car
=== Verb ===
advocar (first-person singular present advoco, first-person singular preterite advoqué, past participle advocado)
(transitive, obsolete) to advocate
(transitive, obsolete) to defend in court
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“advocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025