mover

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From move +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːvə(ɹ)

Noun[edit]

mover (plural movers)

  1. Someone who or something that moves.
  2. A dancer.
  3. A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
    Synonym: (chiefly Australia) removalist
    I'm getting too old to expect my friends to schlep all my stuff for beer and pizza. I'm hiring movers this time.
  4. Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
  5. A product that sells well.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 389:
      "The Celtic Soul Brothers" (#86, 1983) was a moderate mover of a follow-up.

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Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin movēre.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /moˈbe(ɾ)/
  • Rhymes: -e(ɾ)
  • Syllabification: mo‧ver

Verb[edit]

mover

  1. to move

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin movēre.

Verb[edit]

mover

  1. to move

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese mover, from Latin movēre.

Verb[edit]

mover (first-person singular present movo, first-person singular preterite movín, past participle movido)
mover (first-person singular present movo, first-person singular preterite movim or movi, past participle movido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to move

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Verb[edit]

mover

  1. (transitive) to move

mover se

  1. (reflexive) to move

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Old French[edit]

Verb[edit]

mover

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of movoir

Old Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin movēre.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

mover

  1. to move

Descendants[edit]

  • Occitan: mòure, mòver, mòguer

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese mover, from Latin movēre.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: mo‧ver

Verb[edit]

mover (first-person singular present movo, first-person singular preterite movi, past participle movido)

  1. to move (change position)
    Synonyms: deslocar, mexer, movimentar
  2. to induce; to persuade
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:induzir
  3. (law, with contra following the object) to sue (file legal action)
    Synonym: processar
    João moveu uma ação contra Pedro.John sued Peter.
  4. (chess and other games) to move (change the place of a piece)
    Synonyms: mexer, movimentar

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish mover, from Latin movēre. Compare English move.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /moˈbeɾ/ [moˈβ̞eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: mo‧ver

Verb[edit]

mover (first-person singular present muevo, first-person singular preterite moví, past participle movido)

  1. (transitive) to move (to cause to change place or posture)
  2. (transitive) to shake (e.g. to shake one's head, to shake one's tail feather)
  3. (transitive) to wiggle (e.g. one's ears, fingers, nose, toes)
  4. (transitive) to wag (e.g., an animal's tail wagging)
  5. (transitive) to move to, to cause to
  6. (transitive) to swing (e.g. a sword, a bat, a tennis racket, one's tail)
  7. (reflexive) to move (to change place or posture)
  8. (reflexive) to shift
    La tierra se movió.
    The ground shifted.
  9. (reflexive) to move around, to get around, to drift (i.e. make one's way about a place, to navigate or travel)
  10. (reflexive) to budge, to stir, to twitch, to fidget, to move (in an agitated manner)
    La bebé no se movió para nada toda la noche.
    The baby didn't stir at all the entire night.
    ¡Deja de moverte!
    Stop fidgeting!
  11. (reflexive) to get a move on (idiom)
  12. (reflexive) to be moved (by a performance, etc.)

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