provocar

Meaning

to cause or provoke, to prompt
to tease sexually
(Colombia,Ecuador,Peru,Venezuela,pronominal) to fancy, would like

Frequency

Hyphenated as

pro‧vo‧car

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɾoboˈkaɾ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōvocāre. Cognate with English provoke.

Cognate with English

provoke

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Pese a provocar muchos daños materiales y

personales no
🙅

causó víctimas mortales .

Despite causing a lot of material and personal damage, it did not cause fatalities.

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