motivo

motivo

See also: motivó and motivò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian motivo. Doublet of motif and motive.

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

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /muˈti.vo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /muˈti.bu/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /moˈti.vo/

Verb

motivo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of motivar

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Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin motivus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [moˈtivo]
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: mo‧ti‧vo

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: mo‧tì‧vo

Etymology 1

From Late Latin mōtīvus.

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

   Synonym: spazio

6. scope

   Synonyms: scopo, spazio

Related terms

• motivare
• motivato
• motivazione
• motivetto
• motivico

 

Descendants

• → Greek: μοτίβο (motívo)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

motivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of motivare

Further reading

• 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

Anagrams

• vomito, vomitò

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /moːˈtiː.u̯oː/, [moːˈt̪iːu̯oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈti.vo/, [moˈt̪iːvo]

Adjective

mōtīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mōtīvus

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈt͡ʃi.vo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈti.vu/

• Hyphenation: mo‧ti‧vo

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin mōtīvus.

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

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

motivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of motivar

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2023.
• “motivo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “motivo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈtibo/ [moˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: mo‧ti‧vo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin motīvus.

Noun

motivo m (plural motivos)

1. reason, ground, motive

   no sé por qué motivo ― I don't know for what reason

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

motivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of motivar

Further reading

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