Meanings (ES + gloss)
abogado
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
abogada • abogado
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him.
abogador • advocante • defensor • portavoz • representante • vocero
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent
"I think," replied the young advocate, unwilling to give up a point in which his feelings were interested, "that even you would believe in Walter Maynard's success in life, if you…
He became a tireless advocate for the needs of adults with IMD throughout Britain and internationally.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
abogar • advocar
To encourage support for something.
I like trees, but I do not advocate living in them.
Those who have advocated the closure of the G.C. have so far failed to say by which alternative route this North-to-West traffic could be carried.
advocar • recomendar
To engage in advocacy.
And why has no one in the [rail] industry advocated for a universal requirement for face covering (even if it's just a scarf or old tea towel), [...].
We have been advocating for changes in immigration law.
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