provocate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin provoco, provocatus. Doublet of provoke.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəˈvɒ.keɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɹəˈvɑ(ː).keɪt/

Verb

provocate (third-person singular simple present provocates, present participle provocating, simple past and past participle provocated)

  1. (nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To provoke.
  2. To call forth.
  3. To challenge.

Italian

Verb

provocate

  1. inflection of provocare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

provocate f pl

  1. feminine plural of provocato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

prōvocāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of prōvocō

Spanish

Verb

provocate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of provocar combined with te
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