provocar

provoke, to provoke

Gerund: provocando

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	provocado	provocada
Plural	provocados	provocadas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	provoco	provocaba	provoqué	provocaré	provocaría
tú	provocas	provocabas	provocaste	provocarás	provocarías
él/ella/Ud.	provoca	provocaba	provocó	provocará	provocaría
nosotros	provocamos	provocábamos	provocamos	provocaremos	provocaríamos
vosotros	provocáis	provocabais	provocasteis	provocaréis	provocaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	provocan	provocaban	provocaron	provocarán	provocarían
vos	provocás	provocabas	provocaste	provocarás	provocarías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	provoque	provocara	provocase	provocare
tú	provoques	provocaras	provocases	provocares
él/ella/Ud.	provoque	provocara	provocase	provocare
nosotros	provoquemos	provocáramos	provocásemos	provocáremos
vosotros	provoquéis	provocarais	provocaseis	provocareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	provoquen	provocaran	provocasen	provocaren
vos	provoqués	provocaras	provocases	provocares

Imperative

Examples

Los rayos ultravioletas pueden provocar cáncer de piel.

Ultraviolet rays can cause skin cancer.

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Los microbios pueden provocar enfermedades.

Germs can cause sickness.

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Mi madre nunca maneja por miedo a provocar un accidente.

My mother never drives for fear of causing an accident.

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Tom parece divertirse mucho tratando de provocar tantos problemas como él pueda.

Tom seems to have a lot of fun trying to cause as much trouble as he can.

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Un comportamiento así puede provocar un accidente.

Such behavior can cause an accident.

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Sus prolongadas ausencias comenzaban a provocar sospecha.

His long absences were starting to provoke suspicion.

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"¿Sabes que beber eso te puede provocar un aborto?" "Hijo, los hombres no tenemos abortos."

"You do know that drinking that can cause you an abortion?" "Son, men don't have abortions."

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El agua potable sucia puede provocar enfermedades.

Dirty drinking water can cause sickness.

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¿Cómo provocar el deseo de una mujer?

How to arouse a woman's desire?

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Necesitas dejar de provocar pelear con Tom.

You need to stop provoking fights with Tom.

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