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provocar.

to cause or provoke, to prompt

8 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɾoboˈkaɾ/[pɾo.β̞oˈkaɾ]
  1. to cause or provoke, to prompt

  2. to tease sexually

  3. to fancy, would like

    Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Venezuela · pronominal
    ¿Te provoca café?
  4. to get nausea (urge to vomit)

    Canary-Islands · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin prōvocāre. Cognate with English provoke.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.