English-Portuguese translations for arouse

• provocar
  É inaceitável que alguém se aproveite da situação dos Roma para fazer ataques políticos e provocar histeria em vez de passar a uma acção eficaz. It is unacceptable for anyone to use the situation of the Roma to make party political attacks and to arouse hysteria instead of taking effective action.
• acordar
• despertar
  Temos de despertar o pensamento crítico! We need to arouse critical thought!
  Parece ser difícil despertar simpatia por posições ambientais. It seems to be difficult to arouse any sympathy for environmental standpoints.
  Foi necessário que um massacre fosse presenciado por jornalistas para despertar as consciências internacionais. It needed journalists to witness a massacre for international consciences to be aroused.
• excitar
• incitar

Definition of arouse

• To stimulate feelings
• To sexually stimulate
• To wake from sleep or stupor

Examples

• The new building proposals in the village are arousing unneeded discomfort
• to arouse compassion; to arouse jealousy;to arouse anger
• I cant keep my eyes off the dancer; she arouses me greatly
• I cant wear wool underwear: it tends to arouse me at inappropriate times
• She was snoring and nothing would arouse her

Related words

• carousel
• aroused
• carouse
• carouser
• arouser
• baggage carousel