motivo

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Italian

Noun [edit]

motivo (plural motivos or motivi)

  1. (music) A motif.
    • 1853, Adolf Bernhard Marx, The universal school of music, translated by A. H. Wehrhan (page 165)
      By the repetition, transposition, inversion, and combination of different motivos, the extended series of sounds is formed […]

Catalan [edit]

Verb [edit]

motivo

  1. First-person singular present indicative form of motivar.

Esperanto [edit]

Noun [edit]

motivo (plural motivoj, accusative singular motivon, accusative plural motivojn)

  1. reason, ground, motive

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Ido [edit]

Noun [edit]

motivo (plural motivi)

  1. motive, reason

Derived terms [edit]

Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

motivo m (plural motivi)

  1. reason, ground
  2. motive
  3. (music) motif, melody, aria
  4. pattern, motif

Synonyms [edit]

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Verb form [edit]

motivo

  1. first-person singular indicative present of motivare

Anagrams [edit]

Latin [edit]

Adjective [edit]

mōtivō

  1. dative masculine singular of mōtivus
  2. dative neuter singular of mōtivus
  3. ablative masculine singular of mōtivus
  4. ablative neuter singular of mōtivus

Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Medieval Latin motivus.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (South Brazil) IPA: /mo.ˈt͡ʃi.vo/

Noun [edit]

motivo m (plural motivos)

  1. motive (that which incites to action)
  2. (music) motif (short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work)

Synonyms [edit]

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Verb [edit]

motivo

  1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of motivar

Spanish [edit]

Verb [edit]

motivo (infinitive motivar)

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of motivar.

Noun [edit]

motivo m (plural motivos)

  1. reason, ground, motive
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