advocar

advocar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advōcō, advōcāre.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əb.voˈka/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əb.buˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ab.voˈkaɾ/

Verb

advocar (first-person singular present advoco, past participle advocat)

1. to advocate

Conjugation

Conjugation of advocar (first conjugation)

infinitive			advocar
present participle			advocant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		advocat		advocada
		plural		advocats		advocades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	advoco	advoques	advoca	advoquem	advoqueu	advoquen
	imperfect	advocava	advocaves	advocava	advocàvem	advocàveu	advocaven
	future	advocaré	advocaràs	advocarà	advocarem	advocareu	advocaran
	preterite	advoquí	advocares	advocà	advocàrem	advocàreu	advocaren
	conditional	advocaria	advocaries	advocaria	advocaríem	advocaríeu	advocarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	advoqui	advoquis	advoqui	advoquem	advoqueu	advoquin
	imperfect	advoqués	advoquessis	advoqués	advoquéssim	advoquéssiu	advoquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	advoca	advoqui	advoquem	advoqueu	advoquin

Related terms

• advocat
• veu

Further reading

• “advocar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dvuˈkaɾ/ [ɐ.ðvuˈkaɾ]

Verb

advocar (first-person singular present advoco, first-person singular preterite advoquei, past participle advocado)

1. Archaic form of avocar.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of advocar (c-qu 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	advocar
Personal	advocar	advocares	advocar	advocarmos	advocardes	advocarem
Gerund
	advocando
Past participle
Masculine	advocado			advocados
Feminine	advocada			advocadas
Indicative
Present	advoco	advocas	advoca	advocamos	advocais	advocam
Imperfect	advocava	advocavas	advocava	advocávamos	advocáveis	advocavam
Preterite	advoquei	advocaste	advocou	advocamos1, advocámos2	advocastes	advocaram
Pluperfect	advocara	advocaras	advocara	advocáramos	advocáreis	advocaram
Future	advocarei	advocarás	advocará	advocaremos	advocareis	advocarão
Conditional
	advocaria	advocarias	advocaria	advocaríamos	advocaríeis	advocariam
Subjunctive
Present	advoque	advoques	advoque	advoquemos	advoqueis	advoquem
Imperfect	advocasse	advocasses	advocasse	advocássemos	advocásseis	advocassem
Future	advocar	advocares	advocar	advocarmos	advocardes	advocarem
Imperative
Affirmative		advoca	advoque	advoquemos	advocai	advoquem
Negative (não)		não advoques	não advoque	não advoquemos	não advoqueis	não advoquem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advoco, advocare. 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)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to advocate
2. (transitive, obsolete) to defend in court

Conjugation

    Conjugation of advocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			advocar
gerund			advocando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		advocado		advocada
		plural		advocados		advocadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	advoco	advocastú advocásvos	advoca	advocamos	advocáis	advocan
	imperfect	advocaba	advocabas	advocaba	advocábamos	advocabais	advocaban
	preterite	advoqué	advocaste	advocó	advocamos	advocasteis	advocaron
	future	advocaré	advocarás	advocará	advocaremos	advocaréis	advocarán
	conditional	advocaría	advocarías	advocaría	advocaríamos	advocaríais	advocarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	advoque	advoquestú advoquésvos2	advoque	advoquemos	advoquéis	advoquen
	imperfect (ra)	advocara	advocaras	advocara	advocáramos	advocarais	advocaran
	imperfect (se)	advocase	advocases	advocase	advocásemos	advocaseis	advocasen
	future1	advocare	advocares	advocare	advocáremos	advocareis	advocaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		advocatú advocávos	advoque	advoquemos	advocad	advoquen
	negative		no advoques	no advoque	no advoquemos	no advoquéis	no advoquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• advocación
• voz

Further reading

• “advocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014