advogado do diabo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
advogado do diabo m (plural advogados do diabo, feminine advogada do diabo, feminine plural advogadas do diabo)
devil's advocate (one who debates from a view they may not actually hold)
(Roman Catholicism) devil's advocate (lawyer appointed to argue against the canonisation of the proposed candidate)
=== Further reading ===
“advogado do diabo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026