Borrowed from Latin advōcāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əd.buˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əd.voˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ad.voˈkaɾ]

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advocar (first-person singular present advoco, first-person singular preterite advoquí, past participle advocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to advocate

• advocat
• veu

• “advocar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

advocar (first-person singular present advoco, first-person singular preterite advoquei, past participle advocado)

1. obsolete spelling of avocar

• “advocar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “advocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin advocāre. Doublet of abogar and avocar.

• IPA^(key): /adboˈkaɾ/ [að̞.β̞oˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ad‧vo‧car

advocar (first-person singular present advoco, first-person singular preterite advoqué, past participle advocado)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to advocate
2. (transitive, obsolete) to defend in court

• “advocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025