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Also "avocado" is an older variant of "abogado," which means lawyer in Spanish. English must have mixed these up.
by mixmastamyk 1y ago
Also "avocado" is an older variant of "abogado," which means lawyer in Spanish. English must have mixed these up.
- contingencies 1y agoObrigado, my good fellow.
- mixmastamyk 1y agoArigato, Mr. Roboto!
- pluies 1y agoAnd French completed this merge by having both "lawyer" and "avocado" translate to "avocat".
- socalgal2 1y agoIf I understand correctly, that's also where the Dutch "advocaat" liqueur comes from. They were trying to reproduce sweet avocado drinks, there were no avocados in Europe, so they made something up they thought tasted similar.