Portuguese-English translations for provocar

provoke
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In doing this, we do not seek to provoke or antagonise China. Não o fazemos no intuito de provocar ou hostilizar a China. Finally, the third is there to provoke discussion. Por fim, a terceira surge para provocar o debate. However, we have not been taught a fundamental obligation: not to provoke terrorism. No entanto, não nos foi ensinada uma obrigação fundamental: não provocar o terrorismo.
arouse
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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. 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. The new building proposals in the village are arousing unneeded discomfortto arouse compassion; to arouse jealousy;to arouse anger

tease
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aggravateIn truth, most have simply succeeded in creating electoral imbalances that only serve to aggravate the problems, which really do not need this if they are to be tackled effectively. Na verdade, a maioria deles apenas conseguiram provocar desequilíbrios eleitorais que só servem para radicalizar os problemas, que não precisam realmente disso para serem tratados com eficácia. He aggravated the story
bring aboutIn order for us to be able to bring about change, we must also bring about change in the dialogue on human rights. Para que nós consigamos provocar a mudança temos de mudar igualmente o diálogo sobre direitos humanos. The collapse of the gold standard brought about much of the economic turmoil of that era.I hope to bring about a successful conclusion.
defy
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to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinionIf you defy your teacher you may end up in detention
elicit
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Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane.Did you elicit a response?
excite
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The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone presentFavoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favoredThe political reforms excited unrest among the population

incite
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The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
nettle
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The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.
spite
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He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, he could not hold down a job.They did it just for spite.She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.
spur
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to spur boots
urge
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As our colleague has already made clear, as a matter of urgency we need immediate investigation into claims that 15 000 joints already laid contain a faulty coating that would lead to seepage. Como o nosso colega já referiu, é urgente procedermos a uma investigação das denúncias que referem que 15 000 juntas já montadas possuem um revestimento defeituoso susceptível de provocar fugas.to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a caseto urge an ore with intense heat