noun🔗ShareAbogadoA lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession."My neighbor hired an attorney to help with her divorce case. "Mi vecina contrató a un abogado para que la ayudara con su caso de divorcio.lawjobpersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAbogado(UK 19th century and earlier) One such who practised in the courts of the common law (cf solicitor, proctor)."Before the modern legal system, a local attorney argued the case for the plaintiff in the county court. "Antes del sistema legal moderno, un abogado local argumentaba el caso del demandante en el tribunal del condado.lawjobhistorypersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAbogado(20th century and later, rare, usually pejorative) A solicitor."My brother, a recent law school graduate, insisted on calling himself an attorney, but everyone at work just saw him as a junior solicitor. "Mi hermano, un recién graduado de la facultad de derecho, insistía en llamarse abogado, pero todos en el trabajo solo lo veían como un procurador junior.lawjobpersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareApoderado, representante(obsolete outside set phrases) An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf."My mother acted as an attorney for my younger brother in his school dispute. "Mi madre actuó como apoderada de mi hermano menor en su disputa escolar.lawgovernmentbusinesspoliticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAbogadoA title given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty."The attorney represented the student in the school disciplinary hearing. "El abogado representó al estudiante en la audiencia disciplinaria de la escuela.lawjobpersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEjercer como abogadoTo work as a legal attorney."My sister is attending law school to learn how to attorney for people in court cases. "Mi hermana está estudiando derecho para aprender a ejercer como abogada para la gente en los casos judiciales.lawjobgovernmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareProveer de un abogadoTo provide with a legal attorney."The school district will attorney all students facing disciplinary issues. "El distrito escolar proveerá de un abogado a todos los estudiantes que enfrenten problemas disciplinarios.lawgovernmentpoliticsrightessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
