avocar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advocāre. Doublet of advogar and avogar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.voˈka(ʁ)/ [a.voˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.voˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.voˈka(ʁ)/ [a.voˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.voˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.vuˈkaɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.buˈkaɾ/ [ɐ.βuˈkaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.vuˈka.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: a‧vo‧car

Verb

avocar (first-person singular present avoco, first-person singular preterite avoquei, past participle avocado)

  1. (intransitive) to task; to give a responsibility (to) [with a ‘someone’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avocar (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 avocar
Personal avocar avocares avocar avocarmos avocardes avocarem
Gerund
avocando
Past participle
Masculine avocado avocados
Feminine avocada avocadas
Indicative
Present avoco avocas avoca avocamos avocais avocam
Imperfect avocava avocavas avocava avocávamos avocáveis avocavam
Preterite avoquei avocaste avocou avocamos1, avocámos2 avocastes avocaram
Pluperfect avocara avocaras avocara avocáramos avocáreis avocaram
Future avocarei avocarás avocará avocaremos avocareis avocarão
Conditional avocaria avocarias avocaria avocaríamos avocaríeis avocariam
Subjunctive
Present avoque avoques avoque avoquemos avoqueis avoquem
Imperfect avocasse avocasses avocasse avocássemos avocásseis avocassem
Future avocar avocares avocar avocarmos avocardes avocarem
Imperative
Affirmative avoca avoque avoquemos avocai avoquem
Negative (não) não avoques não avoque não avoquemos não avoqueis não avoquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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)

  1. (law) to advocate; to hear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive avocar
gerund avocando
past participle masculine feminine
singular avocado avocada
plural avocados avocadas
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 avoco avocastú
avocásvos 		avoca avocamos avocáis avocan
imperfect avocaba avocabas avocaba avocábamos avocabais avocaban
preterite avoqué avocaste avocó avocamos avocasteis avocaron
future avocaré avocarás avocará avocaremos avocaréis avocarán
conditional avocaría avocarías avocaría avocaríamos avocaríais avocarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present avoque avoquestú
avoquésvos2 		avoque avoquemos avoquéis avoquen
imperfect
(ra) 		avocara avocaras avocara avocáramos avocarais avocaran
imperfect
(se) 		avocase avocases avocase avocásemos avocaseis avocasen
future1 avocare avocares avocare avocáremos avocareis avocaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative avocatú
avocávos 		avoque avoquemos avocad avoquen
negative no avoques no avoque no avoquemos no avoquéis no avoquen

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

    Selected combined forms of avocar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive avocar dative avocarme avocarte avocarle, avocarse avocarnos avocaros avocarles, avocarse
accusative avocarme avocarte avocarlo, avocarla, avocarse avocarnos avocaros avocarlos, avocarlas, avocarse
with gerund avocando dative avocándome avocándote avocándole, avocándose avocándonos avocándoos avocándoles, avocándose
accusative avocándome avocándote avocándolo, avocándola, avocándose avocándonos avocándoos avocándolos, avocándolas, avocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative avoca dative avócame avócate avócale avócanos not used avócales
accusative avócame avócate avócalo, avócala avócanos not used avócalos, avócalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative avocá dative avocame avocate avocale avocanos not used avocales
accusative avocame avocate avocalo, avocala avocanos not used avocalos, avocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative avoque dative avóqueme not used avóquele, avóquese avóquenos not used avóqueles
accusative avóqueme not used avóquelo, avóquela, avóquese avóquenos not used avóquelos, avóquelas
with first-person plural imperative avoquemos dative not used avoquémoste avoquémosle avoquémonos avoquémoos avoquémosles
accusative not used avoquémoste avoquémoslo, avoquémosla avoquémonos avoquémoos avoquémoslos, avoquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative avocad dative avocadme not used avocadle avocadnos avocaos avocadles
accusative avocadme not used avocadlo, avocadla avocadnos avocaos avocadlos, avocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative avoquen dative avóquenme not used avóquenle avóquennos not used avóquenles, avóquense
accusative avóquenme not used avóquenlo, avóquenla avóquennos not used avóquenlos, avóquenlas, avóquense

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