advogar

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin advocāre. Doublet of avocar and avogar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(h)], /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(h)], /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ɾ)/, /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(χ)], /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(ɻ)/, /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dvuˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.ðvuˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dvuˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.ðvuˈɣaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dbuˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.ðβuˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dvuˈɡa.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðvuˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ad‧vo‧gar

Verb

advogar (first-person singular present advogo, first-person singular preterite advoguei, past participle advogado)

1. (intransitive) to work as a lawyer; to practice
2. (intransitive) to defend; to represent (to make legal defence of) [with por ‘someone’]

   Synonym: defender

3. (transitive or intransitive) to advocate (to express or encourage support for) [transitive or with por ‘something’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of advogar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	advogar
Personal	advogar	advogares	advogar	advogarmos	advogardes	advogarem
Gerund
	advogando
Past participle
Masculine	advogado			advogados
Feminine	advogada			advogadas
Indicative
Present	advogo	advogas	advoga	advogamos	advogais	advogam
Imperfect	advogava	advogavas	advogava	advogávamos	advogáveis	advogavam
Preterite	advoguei	advogaste	advogou	advogamos1, advogámos2	advogastes	advogaram
Pluperfect	advogara	advogaras	advogara	advogáramos	advogáreis	advogaram
Future	advogarei	advogarás	advogará	advogaremos	advogareis	advogarão
Conditional	advogaria	advogarias	advogaria	advogaríamos	advogaríeis	advogariam
Subjunctive
Present	advogue	advogues	advogue	advoguemos	advogueis	advoguem
Imperfect	advogasse	advogasses	advogasse	advogássemos	advogásseis	advogassem
Future	advogar	advogares	advogar	advogarmos	advogardes	advogarem
Imperative
Affirmative		advoga	advogue	advoguemos	advogai	advoguem
Negative (não)		não advogues	não advogue	não advoguemos	não advogueis	não advoguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• advocacia
• advocatura
• advogado

Further reading

• “advogar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “advogar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025