# provocar

> Portuguese word · Verb · IPA /pɾu.vu.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #4,848

## Definitions
1. desafiar
2. insultar, afrontar, injuriar
3. causar (uma consequência)

## Easily confused with
- **provar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/provar-vs-provocar)
- **promoção** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/promocao-vs-provocar)
- **provocador** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/provocador-vs-provocar)

## Common misspellings (12)
`porvocar`, `pprovocar`, `proovcar`, `provcoar`, `provoacr`, `provocarr`, `provoccar`, `provocra`, `provvocar`, `prrovocar`, `prvoocar`, `rpovocar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/provocar