provocar

Catalan

Verb

provocar (first-person singular present provoco, past participle provocat)

1. to provoke, bring on

Conjugation

Conjugation of provocar (first conjugation)

infinitive			provocar
present participle			provocant
past participle			provocat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
Indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	provoco	provoques	provoca	provoquem	provoqueu	provoquen
	imperfect	provocava	provocaves	provocava	provocàvem	provocàveu	provocaven
	future	provocaré	provocaràs	provocarà	provocarem	provocareu	provocaran
	preterite	provoquí	provocares	provocà	provocàrem	provocàreu	provocaren
	conditional	provocaria	provocaries	provocaria	provocaríem	provocaríeu	provocarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
	present	provoqui	provoquis	provoqui	provoquem	provoqueu	provoquin
	imperfect	provoqués	provoquessis	provoqués	provoquéssim	provoquéssiu	provoquessin
imperative		—	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
		—	provoca	provoqui	provoquem	provoqueu	provoquin

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɾu.vu.ˈkaɾ/

Verb

provocar (first-person singular present indicative provoco, past participle provocado)

1. to provoke (all senses)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb provocar

Notes:

• This is a regular verb of the -ar group.
• The last letter c is changed to qu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ca-, -que- and -co-.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: brincar, buscar, pecar, trancar.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	provocar
Personal	provocar	provocares	provocar	provocarmos	provocardes	provocarem
Gerund
	provocando
Past participle
Masculine	provocado			provocados
Feminine	provocada			provocadas
Indicative
Present	provoco	provocas	provoca	provocamos	provocais	provocam
Imperfect	provocava	provocavas	provocava	provocávamos	provocáveis	provocavam
Preterite	provoquei	provocaste	provocou	provocamos provocámos	provocastes	provocaram
Pluperfect	provocara	provocaras	provocara	provocáramos	provocáreis	provocaram
Future	provocarei	provocarás	provocará	provocaremos	provocareis	provocarão
Conditional	provocaria	provocarias	provocaria	provocaríamos	provocaríeis	provocariam
Subjunctive
Present	provoque	provoques	provoque	provoquemos	provoqueis	provoquem
Imperfect	provocasse	provocasses	provocasse	provocássemos	provocásseis	provocassem
Future	provocar	provocares	provocar	provocarmos	provocardes	provocarem
Imperative
Affirmative	provoque	provoca	provoque	provoquemos	provocai	provoquem
Negative (não)	provoque	provoques	provoque	provoquemos	provoqueis	provoquem

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Spanish

Verb

provocar (first-person singular present provoco, first-person singular preterite provoqué, past participle provocado)

1. to cause or provoke
2. (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, pronominal) to fancy, would like

   ¿Te provoca café?

   Would you like coffee?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of provocar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Rule: c becomes a qu before every e.

infinitive			provocar
gerund			provocando
past participle			provocado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	provoco	provocastú provocásvos	provoca	provocamos	provocáis	provocan
	imperfect	provocaba	provocabas	provocaba	provocábamos	provocabais	provocaban
	preterite	provoqué	provocaste	provocó	provocamos	provocasteis	provocaron
	future	provocaré	provocarás	provocará	provocaremos	provocaréis	provocarán
	conditional	provocaría	provocarías	provocaría	provocaríamos	provocaríais	provocarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	provoque	provoquestú provoquésvos1	provoque	provoquemos	provoquéis	provoquen
	imperfect (ra)	provocara	provocaras	provocara	provocáramos	provocarais	provocaran
	imperfect (se)	provocase	provocases	provocase	provocásemos	provocaseis	provocasen
	future	provocare	provocares	provocare	provocáremos	provocareis	provocaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		provocatú provocávos	provoque	provoquemos	provocad	provoquen
	negative		no provoques	no provoque	no provoquemos	no provoquéis	no provoquen

¹ Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)

Synonyms

• (would like): antojar, apetecer, gustar, tener ganas de, tincar

Related terms

• provocación
• provocador