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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin prōvocātōrius.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.vo.kaˈtɔ.ɾju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.vo.kaˈtɔ.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈtɔ.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.vo.kaˈtɔ.ɾjo/
- Hyphenation: pro‧vo‧ca‧tó‧ri‧o
Adjective
provocatório (feminine provocatória, masculine plural provocatórios, feminine plural provocatórias, comparable, comparative mais provocatório, superlative o mais provocatório)
- provocative
- Synonym: provocador
1988, Alvaro Cunhal, Discursos políticos: Falência da política de direita do PS (1983-1985):É também sintomático do verdadeiro papel do terrorismo o facto de que, ao carácter provocatório interno do terrorismo, se junta o seu carácter provocatório internacional.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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