agente provocador

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Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

agente provocador m (plural agentes provocadores, feminine agente provocadora, feminine plural agentes provocadoras)

  1. agent provocateur (a person who disrupts a group’s activities from within)

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Calque of French agent provocateur.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˌxente pɾobokaˈdoɾ/ [aˌxẽn̪.t̪e pɾo.β̞o.kaˈð̞oɾ]

Noun[edit]

agente provocador m (plural agentes provocadores, feminine agente provocadora, feminine plural agentes provocadoras)

  1. (espionage) provocateur, agent provocateur (secret double agent working for the police or government)

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