avocar

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === advocar (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin advocāre. Doublet of advogar and avogar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧vo‧car === Verb === avocar (first-person singular present avoco, first-person singular preterite avoquei, past participle avocado) (intransitive) to task; to give a responsibility (to) [with a ‘someone’] ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “avocar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “avocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin advocāre. Doublet of abogar and advocar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aboˈkaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈkaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧vo‧car Homophone: abocar === Verb === avocar (first-person singular present avoco, first-person singular preterite avoqué, past participle avocado) (law) to advocate; to hear ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “avocar”, 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