mover

English

Etymology

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From move +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːvə(r)

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• fast mover
• first mover
• household goods mover
• mover and shaker
• prime mover

 

Translations

someone who or something that moves

• Irish: breabhsaire m
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• Swedish: flyttare (sv)

Anagrams

• vomer

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō.

Verb

mover

1. to move

Related terms

• movimientu

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mover, from Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō.

Verb

1. to move
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of mover
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of mover

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Interlingua

Verb

mover

1. (transitive) to move

mover se

1. (reflexive) to move

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mover

infinitive		mover
participle		present	perfect
		movente	movite
active		simple	perfect
	present	move	ha movite
	past	moveva	habeva movite
	future	movera	habera movite
	conditional	moverea	haberea movite
	imperative	move
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es movite	ha essite movite
	past	esseva movite	habeva essite movite
	future	essera movite	habera essite movite
	conditional	esserea movite	haberea essite movite
	imperative	sia movite

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Old French

Verb

mover

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of movoir

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈvɛɾe/

Verb

mover

1. to move

Descendants

• Catalan: moure
• Occitan: mòver, mòure, mòguer

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “movēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume
  , page 463

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mover, from Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō, from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“to move”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.ˈve(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /mo.ˈve(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /mo.ˈve(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /mu.ˈveɾ/

Verb

1. to move (change position)

   Synonyms: deslocar, mexer, movimentar

2. to induce; to persuade
3. (law, with contra following the object) to sue (file legal action)

   João moveu uma ação contra Pedro. ― John sued Peter.

   Synonym: processar

4. (chess and other games) to move (change the place of a piece)

   Synonyms: mexer, movimentar

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Synonyms

• (persuade): See Thesaurus:induzir

Related terms

• imóvel
• movediço
• movedor
• móvel
• movimento
• movível
• mudar
• remover

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish mover, from Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō, from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“to move”). Cognate with English move.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈbeɾ/ [moˈβ̞eɾ]

Verb

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 move to, to cause to
5. (transitive) to swing (e.g. a sword, a bat, a tennis racket, one's tail)
6. (reflexive) to move (to change place or posture)
7. (reflexive) to shift

   La tierra se movió. ― The ground shifted.

8. (reflexive) to move around, to get around, to drift (i.e. make one's way about a place, to navigate or travel)
9. (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!

Derived terms

• agua pasada no mueve molino
• mover cielo y tierra
• mover los hilos (“to pull strings”)

 

Related terms

• amover
• conmover
• moción
• movida
• movido
• movimiento
• mudar
• mueble
• remover

 

Further reading

• “mover”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014