provocar
Spanish, verb/pɾoboˈkaɾ/
provocar is spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provocar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cause or provoke, to prompt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir una reacción de un sentimiento, inducir un estado diferente”.
What does provocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause or provoke, to prompt
- 2
to tease sexually
- 3
to fancy, would like
¿Te provoca café?
- 4
to get nausea (urge to vomit)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Producir una reacción de un sentimiento, inducir un estado diferente. 2. Producir algo consecuencias en las cosas o la gente. 3. Voluntariamente llevar a enojo a una persona. 4. Voluntaria o involuntariamente despertar el apetito sexual de otros.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of provocar
- provoco first-person present singular
- provoqué first-person preterite singular
- provocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- provocando gerund
- provocada feminine participle past
- provocados masculine participle past
- provocadas feminine participle past
- provocas indicative informal present
- provocás indicative informal present
- provoca indicative present singular
- provocamos first-person indicative plural
- provocáis indicative plural present
- provocan indicative plural present
- provocaba first-person imperfect indicative
- provocabas imperfect indicative second-person
- provocábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- provocabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provocar?
- /pɾoboˈkaɾ/
- [pɾo.β̞oˈkaɾ]
- [pɾoβ̞oˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to provocar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is provocar in Spanish?
provocar appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).