provocação

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.vu.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.bu.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: pro‧vo‧ca‧ção

Noun

provocação f (plural provocações)

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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