Spanish word
provocar
/pɾoboˈkaɾ/
In your course · Chapter 54 · Latin AmericaIn your course · Chapter 54 · Spain
- Part of speech
- verb
- Level
- B2
- Taught in
- Latin America, Spain
Meanings
- to trigger
- to cause or provoke, to prompt
- to tease sexually
- to fancy, would likeColombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, pronominal
- to get nausea (urge to vomit)Canary-Islands, reflexive
- aggro(to make a non-player character hostile towards one)
- arouse(to stimulate feelings)
- bring about(to cause to take place)
- egg on(to encourage or coax (a person) to do something)
- get a rise out of(Translations)
- goad(to encourage or stimulate)
- hassle(To pick a fight or start an argument)
- provoke(to cause to become angry)
- pull someone's leg(to tease someone)
- stir up(to cause (trouble, etc.))
Source: Tonada course · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 and GFDL)