provocador

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prōvocātor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈdoʁ/ [pɾo.vo.kaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈdoʁ/ [pɾo.vo.kaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈdoʁ/ [pɾo.vo.kaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈdoɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.vu.kɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾu.vu.kɐˈðoɾ]

Adjective

provocador (feminine provocadora, masculine plural provocadores, feminine plural provocadoras)

1. provocative

   Synonym: provocatório

2. provoking
3. contentious (given to struggling with others)

Noun

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

1. provocator

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Spanish

Etymology

From provocar +‎ -dor, or borrowed from Latin prōvocātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾobokaˈdoɾ/, [pɾo.β̞o.kaˈð̞oɾ]

Adjective

provocador (feminine provocadora, masculine plural provocadores, feminine plural provocadoras)

1. provocative
2. provoking
3. contentious (given to struggling with others)

Derived terms

• agente provocador

Noun

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

1. troublemaker, agitator, gadfly

Further reading

• “provocador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014