provocar
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provocar
- /pɾu.vu.ˈkaɾ/ Portugal
Where it comes from
Do latim provocare⁽ˡᵃ⁾.
verb provocando · provocado · provoco · provocas · provoca · provocamos
- desafiar
- insultar, afrontar, injuriar
- causar (uma consequência) O remédio lhe provocou convulsões
Similar: acicar, atiçar, chacoalhar, inticar
Thesaurus
verb
Similar: acicar, atiçar, chacoalhar, inticar
In English
- nettle to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
- egg on to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
- aggravate To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate
- taunt to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding
- spite to treat maliciously
- spur to urge or encourage to action
- aggro to make a non-player character hostile towards one
- provoke to cause to become angry
- goad to incite or provoke
- elicit to evoke, educe
- bring about to cause to take place
- tease to provoke or disturb
Talk about this word "provocar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pt/provocar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. provocar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pt/provocar "provocar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pt/provocar.Cite this
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title = {provocar},
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