provocador

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prōvocātōrem.

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]
- (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)

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

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