provocação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prōvocātiōnem. By surface analysis, provocar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾo.vo.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾu.vu.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: pro‧vo‧ca‧ção

Noun

provocação f (plural provocações)

  1. provocation (the act of provoking, annoying)

Further reading
  • “provocação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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