causídico

See also: causidico

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin causidicus. By surface analysis, causa +‎ -i- +‎ -dico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈzi.d͡ʒi.ku/ [kaʊ̯ˈzi.d͡ʒi.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈzi.d͡ʒi.ku/ [kaʊ̯ˈzi.d͡ʒi.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈzi.d͡ʒi.ko/ [kaʊ̯ˈzi.d͡ʒi.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kawˈzi.di.ku/ [kawˈzi.ði.ku]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -id͡ʒiku, (Portugal) -idiku
• Hyphenation: cau‧sí‧di‧co

Noun

causídico m (plural causídicos, feminine causídica, feminine plural causídicas)

1. (law) attorney; lawyer (one who advises or represents others in legal matters)

   Synonym: advogado

   • 1860, Luiz Augusto Rebello da Silva, “Reinado do Cardeal D. Henrique” (chapter 2), in Historia de Portugal nos seculos XVII e XVIII, volume 1, Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, page 383:

     Guardiola, que o duque sonhára converter em diplomata, appareceu o que era, um causidico encanecido nas formalidades forenses.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. champion (someone who fights for a cause)