🇵🇹 Portuguese

advogados

masculine

os advogados

lawyers

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advogados
/us adʒvoˈɡadus/
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How do you say advogados in Portuguese?

IPA
/us adʒvoˈɡadus/

How do you pronounce advogados in Portuguese?

advogados is pronounced /us adʒvoˈɡadus/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O advogado experiente ganhou o caso importante.

The experienced lawyer won the important case.

Aquele advogado brilhante foi promovido para sócio do escritório.

That brilliant lawyer was promoted to partner of the law firm.

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Why is it masculine?

Advogados is masculine because it derives from Latin "advocatus" (masculine noun meaning "summoned to aid" or "defender"), which retained its masculine gender when the word entered Portuguese and other Romance languages. The suffix "-ado" in Portuguese is typically masculine, reinforcing this grammatical gender from its Latin origins.

What is the Portuguese word for lawyers?

The Portuguese word for lawyers is os advogados — masculine.

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