"Chi è il tuo avvocato?"

Translation: Who is your lawyer?

[trevro]

What? This should be "Who is your avocado?", shouldn't it? ;-)

[dinkdomino]

"The Devil's Avocado" was a terrible film.

[HydraBianca]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHKrwwt_-o

[Colin197928]

In England an avocado is a fruit.

[SamiaELSharkawy]

in everywhere i guess

[Giusi872986]

In Italy too an avocado is a tropical fruit.

[darshanm]

Shouldn't advocate be an acceptable answer?

And LOL on the avocado, that's what I thought at first glance too!

[olefattguy]

I think advocate only works as a verb, but I could be wrong since English is not my first language...

[Yuujen]

No, you can be an advocate; for example: an advocate for animal rights.

[M.artine]

English is not my first language, but is this term not used for what you are doing (advocating for animal rights) rather than the job title 'lawyer' or 'attorny'?

[michisjourdi]

An advocate (noun) advocates. (verb)

[Colin197928]

In Scotland barristers are called advocates.

[Nancy53656]

also in South Africa - an advocate is a lawyer who has the qualifications to represent people in court

[ClaudeMedearis]

Advocate can be used as a verb or as a noun. The final "a" is pronounced differently, which is one of the joys of the English language.

[frusersophie]

It means an activist/campaigner/supporter rather than a qualified lawyer

[Telisa7]

According to WordReference and Collins it is an acceptable translation.

[blazmah]

"Who is your lawyer?"
"I don't know, but he is certainly not a man."

[AndrDemetr]

Another US/UK difference. Would 'solicitor' for 'lawyer', and 'barrister' for 'attorney' be accepted? Report it, fanelliryan.

[M.artine]

I have never heard of that terms (i'm not from the uk/usa). I like how we learn new words in different languages at duolingo ;)

[MarkDeVernon]

In the UK, both solicitors and barristers are lawyers; that is, they work in the legal profession albeit in different areas of the legal system. Solicitor is the more usual word in the UK, and, once again, I have been marked wrong. Before any "jobsworth" says anything, I have already reported the problem several times.

[MarkDeVernon]

...and three weeks later I am still being marked wrong. "Hello, is anybody there?"

[Telisa7]

It does take time. The number of people volunteering to work on each language is small--usually 3-6, which they do in their spare time. The more reports they receive, the longer it takes them to get through them to see which have merit. But take heart, these things do change. You may yet receive an email (or several by the sound of it?) that you have made a difference and things are going your way.

[InekeSmit]

Now there's a useful sentence.

[michisjourdi]

Fun mnemonic: Imagine your lawers is an avocado! Lol

[ZoeStarHos]

Duo Lingo should keep all words uncapitalized, or capitalize a few, to make it harder to choose.

[Margaret782942]

what! why?

[A.SanMiguel]

Better call saul

[Jess10452]

Stole my reply. So much for original!! Nice one mate:)

[danielcotter]

Nelson and Murdock

[czechthunder]

Nelson and Murdock: Avvocatos at law

[Mjoera]

Phoenix Wright is mine!

[mayraeun]

In spanish avvocato is abogado. A female avvocato will be abogada. Avocado is aguacate or palta (in south america) avvocato in english is lawyer or attorney, no gender

[sprachman]

is avvocato always masculine? So a woman lawyer is also il avvocato?

[tuna0tseb]

Generally, you can use it for males like for females. I think that avvocatessa is the most correct way, but, nowadays it's the same..

[AdsonMedeiros]

Saul Goodman

[LovroV]

Tom Hagen

[Colin197928]

I think solicitor, barrister, advocate (Scottish) should be acceptable translations

[fanelliryan]

The woman never said the "chi" so I got it wrong

[M.artine]

I do hear the 'chi'

[MoVprC]

Attorney and advocate are sinonyms

[fredo3003]

advocate why not?

[MAMIPILY]

Perry Mason! <^..^>

[deactivated user]

freeshavacadoo

[MusicMan97]

Morgan and Morgan....... (jk, they're creepy)

[WolkZayets]

"Who is your advocate?" is a commonly used phrase in Christian (New Testament) teaching and refers to I John 2:1 (1Giovanni 2:1) .

[Bixxby]

When I tip on "avocato" I get 2 english explanations: "lawyer" & "attorney". I chose "attorney" in my answer, got it marked wrong. Did I miss something?

[sylviamora]

Who is your avocado

[JohnnyHern220746]

Lionel Hultz!

[RajPandit18]

Phoenix Wright

[AseemDeusk]

The word advocate and lawyer are used synonymous

[AseemDeusk]

Used as synonyms. So who is your advocate is perfectly reasonable response. Which should not be flagged as incorrect