provocado

provoked, triggered

adjective proh-boh-KAH-doh Less Common

Usage Note

Provocado is the past participle of provocar used as an adjective, describing something caused or triggered by an external force — un incendio provocado ('an arson fire', lit. a deliberately set fire) vs un incendio accidental. In legal and journalistic Spanish incendio provocado is the standard phrase for arson. The adjective agrees in gender and number: provocada, provocados, provocadas.

Examples

"El incendio fue provocado intencionalmente."

Natural Translation

The fire was deliberately set.

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