motivo
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian motivo. Doublet of motif and motive.
Noun[edit]
motivo (plural motivos or motivi)
- (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 […]
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
motivo
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Common Romance, from Latin motivus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
motivo (accusative singular motivon, plural motivoj, accusative plural motivojn)
Related terms[edit]
Ido[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English motive, French motif, German Motiv, Italian motivo, Russian моти́в (motív), Spanish motivo, all ultimately from Latin mōtivum, accusative singular of mōtivus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
motivo (plural motivi)
Derived terms[edit]
- motivizar (“to state the motive or grounds of (an opinion, act); (fig.) to justify”)
- plendomotivo (“reason for complaint, grievance”)
- senmotiva (“gratuitous (without proof or motive)”)
- senmotiva supozajo (“gratuitous supposition”)
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Late Latin mōtīvus.
Noun[edit]
motivo m (plural motivi)
- reason, ground
- Synonym: ragione
- motive
- Synonym: motivazione
- (music) motif, melody, aria
- Synonym: melodia
- pattern, motif
- room
- Synonym: spazio
- scope
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Descendants[edit]
- → Greek: μοτίβο (motívo)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
motivo
Further reading[edit]
- motivo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- motivo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- motivo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- motivo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- motivo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moːˈtiː.u̯oː/, [moːˈt̪iːu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈti.vo/, [moˈt̪iːvo]
Adjective[edit]
mōtīvō
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: mo‧ti‧vo
Etymology 1[edit]
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin mōtīvus.
Noun[edit]
motivo m (plural motivos)
- motive (that which incites to action)
- Synonyms: causa, finalidade, intuito, razão
- (music) motif (short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work)
- Synonym: leitmotiv
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
motivo
Further reading[edit]
- “motivo” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “motivo” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “motivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “motivo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “motivo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “motivo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin motīvus.
Noun[edit]
motivo m (plural motivos)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
motivo
Further reading[edit]
- “motivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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