provocador

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin prōvocātōrem.

Adjective

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

1. provocative

   Synonyms: provocatiu, provocatori

2. provoking

Noun

provocador m (plural provocadors, feminine provocadora)

1. provocator

Related terms

• provocar

Further reading

• “provocador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prōvocātōrem.

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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.vu.kɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾu.vu.kɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.bu.kɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾu.βu.kɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.vu.kɐˈdo.ɾi/ [pɾu.vu.kɐˈðo.ɾi]

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

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)

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28