provocativo

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proː.wɔ.kaːˈtiː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pro.vo.kaˈt̪iː.vo]

prōvocātīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prōvocātīvus

Borrowed from Late Latin prōvocātīvus, from Latin provocō.

• IPA^(key): /pɾobokaˈtibo/ [pɾo.β̞o.kaˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: pro‧vo‧ca‧ti‧vo

provocativo (feminine provocativa, masculine plural provocativos, feminine plural provocativas)

1. provocative as in sexy
2. provocative as in offensive

• “provocativo”, 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