provocar

Borrowed from Latin prōvocāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

provocar (first-person singular present provoco, first-person singular preterite provoquí, past participle provocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to provoke, bring on

Borrowed from Latin prōvocāre.

• Hyphenation: pro‧vo‧car

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

1. to provoke (all senses)

Borrowed from Latin prōvocāre. Cognate with English provoke.

• IPA^(key): /pɾoboˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧vo‧car

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

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

   Synonyms: antojar, apetecer, gustar, tener ganas de, tincar

   ¿Te provoca café? ― Would you like coffee?

• “provocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10