provocante
Portuguese, adjective/pɾo.voˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
provocante is spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provocante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “provocative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estimulante; que incita alguém a fazer alguma coisa”.
What does provocante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineprovocative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. estimulante; que incita alguém a fazer alguma coisa 2. desafiante; que obriga uma pessoa a participar de alguma coisa 3. ocasionante; que é o motivo de 4. tentador; que incita o desejo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of provocante
- provocantes plural
- mais provocante comparative
- o mais provocante superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provocante?
- Brazil /pɾo.voˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /pɾu.vuˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal /pɾu.buˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is provocante in Portuguese?
provocante appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).