Today's
WOTD is: "abogado" = lawyer/ attorney
In
Spanish, “abogado”
is a masculine* noun of Italian origin commonly used to refer to a
lawyer/
attorney.
*NB
The feminine form “abogada” is also commonly used to refer to a
female lawyer/ attorney
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Friends (Falsos Amigos)
Please
note that the Spanish noun "abogado"
is not related to the English noun avocado,
which in Spanish is “aguacate”.
A
couple of words related to "abogado"
are:
- The action word/ verb “abogar” which means to advocate, to stand for, to stand up for.
- The feminine noun “abogacía” which is commonly used to refer to the legal profession.
Some expressions with the word “abogado” are:
- Abogado de oficio (legal aid lawyer/ public defender);
- Abogado de pobres (legal aid lawyer/ public defender);
- Abogado defensor (defence lawyer/ defence attorney);
- Abogado del diablo (devil's advocate);
- Abogado del Estado (Treasury counsel/ public prosecutor/ State's attorney);
- Abogado de secano (deluded/ incompetent member of the legal profession);
- Abogado general (advocate-general);
Some examples of the use of "abogado" and related words are:
- Ese partido aboga por la prohición de fumar en lugares públicos (that party stands for the banning of smoking in public places);
- Ese tipo ejerce la abogacía desde hace más de veinte años (that guy has been in the legal profession over twenty years);
- Pedro necesita que le asignen un abogado de oficio (Pedro needs a legal aid lawyer/ public defender);
- A Pedro le han asignado un abogado de pobres (Pedro has been allocated a legal aid lawyer/ public defender
- Creo que Antonio está haciendo de abogado del diablo (I think Antonio is acting as devil's advocate);
- En ese juicio don Carlos Arias es el abogado defensor (don Carlos Arias is the defence lawyer/ defence attorney in that trial);
- ¿Cómo te atreves a recomendarme ese abogado de secano? (how dare you recommend me that incompetent lawyer?);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "abogado" in the YouTube
clip: Mi abogado Rosa Karina video destacado
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “abogado”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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