avocar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin advocō. Doublet of abogar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aboˈkaɾ/, [aβoˈkaɾ]
Homophone: abocar

Verb

avocar (first-person singular present avoco, first-person singular preterite avoqué, past participle avocado)

(law) to advocate; to hear

Conjugation

c becomes qu before e.

Conjugation of avocar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			avocar
gerund			avocando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avocado		avocada
		plural		avocados		avocadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	avoco	avocas^tú avocás^{^vos}	avoca	avocamos	avocáis	avocan
	imperfect	avocaba	avocabas	avocaba	avocábamos	avocabais	avocaban
	preterite	avoqué	avocaste	avocó	avocamos	avocasteis	avocaron
	future	avocaré	avocarás	avocará	avocaremos	avocaréis	avocarán
	conditional	avocaría	avocarías	avocaría	avocaríamos	avocaríais	avocarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	avoque	avoques^{^tú} avoqués^{^vos²}	avoque	avoquemos	avoquéis	avoquen
	imperfect (ra)	avocara	avocaras	avocara	avocáramos	avocarais	avocaran
	imperfect (se)	avocase	avocases	avocase	avocásemos	avocaseis	avocasen
	future¹	avocare	avocares	avocare	avocáremos	avocareis	avocaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		avoca^{^tú} avocá^{^vos}	avoque	avoquemos	avocad	avoquen
	negative		no avoques	no avoque	no avoquemos	no avoquéis	no avoquen

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Selected combined forms of avocar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive avocar
	dative	avocarme	avocarte	avocarle, avocarse	avocarnos	avocaros	avocarles, avocarse
	accusative	avocarme	avocarte	avocarlo, avocarla, avocarse	avocarnos	avocaros	avocarlos, avocarlas, avocarse

with gerund avocando
	dative	avocándome	avocándote	avocándole, avocándose	avocándonos	avocándoos	avocándoles, avocándose
	accusative	avocándome	avocándote	avocándolo, avocándola, avocándose	avocándonos	avocándoos	avocándolos, avocándolas, avocándose

with informal second-person singular imperative avoca
	dative	avócame	avócate	avócale	avócanos	not used	avócales
	accusative	avócame	avócate	avócalo, avócala	avócanos	not used	avócalos, avócalas

with formal second-person singular imperative avoque
	dative	avóqueme	not used	avóquele, avóquese	avóquenos	not used	avóqueles
	accusative	avóqueme	not used	avóquelo, avóquela, avóquese	avóquenos	not used	avóquelos, avóquelas

with first-person plural imperative avoquemos
	dative	not used	avoquémoste	avoquémosle	avoquémonos	avoquémoos	avoquémosles
	accusative	not used	avoquémoste	avoquémoslo, avoquémosla	avoquémonos	avoquémoos	avoquémoslos, avoquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative avocad
	dative	avocadme	not used	avocadle	avocadnos	avocaos	avocadles
	accusative	avocadme	not used	avocadlo, avocadla	avocadnos	avocaos	avocadlos, avocadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative avoquen
	dative	avóquenme	not used	avóquenle	avóquennos	not used	avóquenles, avóquense
	accusative	avóquenme	not used	avóquenlo, avóquenla	avóquennos	not used	avóquenlos, avóquenlas, avóquense