🇪🇸 Spanish

abogado

masculine

el abogado

lawyer

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abogado
/el aβoˈɣaðo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say abogado in Spanish?

IPA
/el aβoˈɣaðo/

How do you pronounce abogado in Spanish?

abogado is pronounced /el aβoˈɣaðo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El abogado experimentado ganó el caso importante.

The experienced lawyer (masculine) won the important case.

Un abogado joven y dedicado fue contratado por la empresa.

A young and dedicated lawyer (masculine) was hired by the company.

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Why is it masculine?

Abogado is masculine because it derives from Latin "advocatus" (one called to help), which carried the masculine gender marker "-us" that was preserved in Spanish's masculine "-o" ending. In Spanish, nouns ending in "-o" are typically masculine by default grammatical convention.

What is the Spanish word for lawyer?

The Spanish word for lawyer is el abogado — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchavocatl'masculine
🇮🇹 Italianavvocatol'masculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseadvogadoomasculine

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