advogar
Portuguese, verb/a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ʁ)/
advogar is spelled A-D-V-O-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Advogar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to work as a lawyer; to practice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “exercer a profissão de advogado; defender causas em juízo”.
What does advogar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to work as a lawyer; to practice
- 2
to defend; to represent (to make legal defence of)
- 3
to advocate (to express or encourage support for)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. exercer a profissão de advogado; defender causas em juízo 2. interceder por alguém; patrocinar os interesses de outrem 3. proteger 4. defender
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of advogar
- advogo first-person present singular
- advoguei first-person preterite singular
- advogado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- advogares infinitive second-person singular
- advogarmos first-person infinitive plural
- advogardes infinitive plural second-person
- advogarem infinitive plural third-person
- advogando gerund
- advogados masculine participle past
- advogada feminine participle past
- advogadas feminine participle past
- advogas indicative present second-person
- advoga indicative present singular
- advogamos first-person indicative plural
- advogais indicative plural present
- advogam indicative plural present
- advogava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce advogar?
- Brazil /a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.d͡ʒi.voˈɡa(h)]
- Brazil /ad͡ʒ.voˈɡa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to advogar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is advogar in Portuguese?
advogar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).