motivo

See also: motivó and motivò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian motivo.

Noun

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 […]

Anagrams

• vomito

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈti.βu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [muˈti.vo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [moˈti.vo]

Verb

motivo

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Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin motivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈtivo/
• Rhymes: -ivo

Noun

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

1. reason, ground, motive

Related terms

• motivi

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Ido

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /moˈtivo/

Noun

motivo (plural motivi)

1. motive (that which excites to action, determines choice)
2. (music) motif

Derived terms

• 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”)

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin motīvus.

Noun

motivo m (plural motivi)

1. reason, ground

   Synonym: ragione

2. motive

   Synonym: motivazione

3. (music) motif, melody, aria

   Synonym: melodia

4. pattern, motif
5. room
6. scope

Synonyms

• scopo
• spazio

Related terms

• motivare
• motivato
• motivazione
• motivetto
• motivico

 

Descendants

• → Greek: μοτίβο (motívo)

Verb

motivo

1. first-person singular present active indicative of motivare

Anagrams

• vomito, vomitò

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) mōtīvō

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin motivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.ˈt͡ʃi.vo/
• IPA^(key): /mu.ˈti.vu/
• Hyphenation: mo‧ti‧vo

Noun

motivo m (plural motivos)

1. motive (that which incites to action)

   Synonyms: causa, finalidade, intuito, razão

2. (music) motif (short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work)

   Synonym: leitmotiv

Related terms

• motivação
• motivacional
• motivadamente
• motivado
• motivador
• motivante
• motivar

 

Verb

motivo

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin motīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈtibo/ [moˈt̪i.β̞o]

Noun

motivo m (plural motivos)

1. reason, ground, motive

Verb

motivo

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