provocativo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proː.wɔ.kaːˈtiː.woː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pro.vo.kaˈtiː.vo]
Adjective
prōvocātīvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prōvocātīvus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin prōvocātīvus. By surface analysis, provocar + -tivo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.vo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾu.vu.kɐˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾu.bu.kɐˈti.bu/ [pɾu.βu.kɐˈti.βu]
- Hyphenation: pro‧vo‧ca‧ti‧vo
Adjective
provocativo (feminine provocativa, masculine plural provocativos, feminine plural provocativas)
- provocative
- Synonyms: provocador, provocante, provocatório
Derived terms
Further reading
- “provocativo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “provocativo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “provocativo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “provocativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin prōvocātīvus. By surface analysis, provocar + -tivo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾobokaˈtibo/ [pɾo.β̞o.kaˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: pro‧vo‧ca‧ti‧vo
Adjective
provocativo (feminine provocativa, masculine plural provocativos, feminine plural provocativas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “provocativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025