provocación
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin provocātiōnem, from Latin provocō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾobokaˈθjon/ [pɾo.β̞o.kaˈθjõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /pɾobokaˈsjon/ [pɾo.β̞o.kaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: pro‧vo‧ca‧ción
Noun
provocación f (plural provocaciones)
- provocation
- Synonym: desafío
Related terms
Further reading
- “provocación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024