avvocato

English

Noun

avvocato (plural avvocati)

  1. An Italian lawyer.
    • 1917, Florence Converse, “The Culprit”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 119, page 57:
      No one, not even the avvocato, ever asked the direct question, 'Do you know who made the fire, Peppina?'

Italian

Etymology

From Latin advocātus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /avːoˈkato/, [äv.voˈkäː.t̪o]
  • Hyphenation: av‧vo‧cà‧to

Noun

avvocato m (plural avvocati) (feminine avvocatessa)

  1. lawyer, counsel, solicitor, barrister (male)
  2. (figuratively) advocate, defender, intercessor (male)

Derived terms
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