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provocare
challenge /pro.voˈka.re/
noun#2520 most common
Also: provocation, incitement, dare
Example sentences
Aceasta este o provocare.
This is a challenge.
Am o provocare nouă la serviciu.
I have a new challenge at work.
Această provocare m-a ajutat să învăț multe lucruri.
This challenge helped me learn many things.
Compania se confruntă cu o provocare economică serioasă.
The company faces a serious economic challenge.
Provocările din ultimii ani au schimbat modul în care lucrăm.
The challenges of recent years have changed the way we work.
Procurorii au deschis un dosar pentru provocare la ură pe rețelele sociale.
Prosecutors opened a case for incitement to hatred on social media.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | provocare | provocări |
| Genitive | provocări | provocări |
| Accusative | provocare | provocări |
| Vocative | provocare | provocări |
Word family
a provocato provoke, to challenge
provocatorprovocateur, provocative
provocatoareprovocative
provocativprovocative, suggestive
neprovocatunprovoked
Etymology
Provocare descends from Latin provocare, meaning to call forth or to challenge, built from the prefix pro- (forth) and vocare (to call), itself from vox (voice). Romanian inherited the verb a provoca and formed this abstract noun with the productive suffix -are, which normally marks a verb's infinitive but here also names the action or result of provoking. The same Latin root gave English provoke and provocation, so the family is easy to recognize across languages.
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