agente provocador

Portuguese

Noun

agente provocador m (plural agentes provocadores, feminine agente provocadora, feminine plural agentes provocadoras)

  1. agent provocateur (a person who disrupts a group’s activities from within)

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of French agent provocateur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˌxente pɾobokaˈdoɾ/ [aˌxẽn̪.t̪e pɾo.β̞o.kaˈð̞oɾ]
  • Syllabification: a‧gen‧te pro‧vo‧ca‧dor

Noun

agente provocador m (plural agentes provocadores, feminine agente provocadora, feminine plural agentes provocadoras)

  1. (espionage) provocateur, agent provocateur (secret double agent working for the police or government)

Hypernyms

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