provocativo
Portuguese, adjective/pɾo.vo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
provocativo is spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-T-I-V-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,864th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provocativo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “provocative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que causa provocação”.
What does provocativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
provocative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que causa provocação 2. que instiga o desejo de promover provocação
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 provocativo
- provocativa feminine
- provocativos masculine plural
- provocativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provocativo?
- Brazil /pɾo.vo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /pɾu.vu.kɐˈti.vu/
- Portugal /pɾu.bu.kɐˈti.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is provocativo in Portuguese?
provocativo 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).