provocador
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin prōvocātor.
Pronunciation
- (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)
- provocative
- Synonym: provocatório
- provoking
- contentious (given to struggling with others)
Noun
provocador m (plural provocadores, feminine provocadora, feminine plural provocadoras)
- provocator
Spanish
Etymology
From provocar + -dor, or borrowed from Latin prōvocātor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾobokaˈdoɾ/ [pɾo.β̞o.kaˈð̞oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: pro‧vo‧ca‧dor
Adjective
provocador (feminine provocadora, masculine plural provocadores, feminine plural provocadoras)
- provocative
- provoking
- contentious (given to struggling with others)
Derived terms
- agente provocador
Noun
provocador m (plural provocadores, feminine provocadora, feminine plural provocadoras)
- troublemaker, agitator, gadfly
Further reading
- “provocador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014