English-Spanish Dictionary
Spanish Translation of “provoke”
provoke (prəˈvəʊk
)
Translations
transitive verb
- (= cause)
- [+ reaction, response]
provocar
- [+ violence]
provocar
,causar
- [+ crisis]
causar
- [+ reaction, response]
- (= rouse, move)
incitar
,mover
(to
a
) ⇒it provoked us to action
nos incitó a obrar
⇒it provoked the town to revolt
incitó la ciudad a sublevarse
⇒to provoke sb into doing sth
incitar a algn a hacer algo
- (= anger)
provocar
,irritar
⇒he is easily provoked
se irrita por cualquier cosa
,se le provoca fácilmente
Similar Words
= anger, insult, annoy, offend, irritate, infuriate, hassle, aggravate, incense, enrage, gall, put someone out, madden, exasperate, vex, affront, chafe, irk, rile, pique, get on someone's nerves, get someone's back up, piss someone off, put someone's back up, try someone's patience, nark, make someone's blood boil, get in someone's hair, rub someone up the wrong way, hack someone off,
'provoke' in Other Languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: provocar
- Chinese: 对…挑衅对對…挑衅釁
- European Spanish: provocar
- French: provoquer
- German: provozieren
- Italian: provocare
- Japanese: 挑発する
- Korean: 성나게 하다
- Portuguese: provocar
- Spanish: provocar
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