mover
English
Etymology
From move + -er.
Pronunciation
Audio (southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uːvə(ɹ)
Noun
mover (plural movers)
- Someone who or something that moves.
- A dancer.
- 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.
- Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
- 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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Derived terms
- fast mover
- first mover
- household goods mover
- mover and shaker
- prime mover
Translations
someone who or something that moves
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person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another
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someone who proposes a motion at a meeting
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Anagrams
- vomer
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin movere.
Verb
mover
- to move
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō.
Verb
mover
- to move
Related terms
- movimientu
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese mover, from Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō.
Verb
mover (first-person singular present movo, first-person singular preterite movín, past participle movido)
- to move
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of mover
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive of mover
Conjugation
Conjugation of mover
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | mover | |||||
| personal | mover | moveres | mover | movermos | moverdes | moveren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| movendo | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | movido | movidos | ||||
| feminine | movida | movidas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | movo | moves | move | movemos | movedes | moven |
| imperfect | movía | movías | movía | moviamos | moviades | movían |
| preterite | movín | moviches | moveu | movemos | movestes | moveron |
| pluperfect | movera | moveras | movera | moveramos | moverades | moveran |
| future | moverei | moverás | moverá | moveremos | moveredes | moverán |
| conditional | movería | moverías | movería | moveriamos | moveriades | moverían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | mova | movas | mova | movamos | movades | movan |
| preterite | movese | moveses | movese | movésemos | movésedes | movesen |
| future | mover | moveres | mover | movermos | moverdes | moveren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | move | mova | movamos | movede | movan |
| negative | – | movas | mova | movamos | movades | movan |
Interlingua
Verb
mover
- (transitive) to move
mover se
- (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 | ||
Old French
Verb
mover
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of movoir
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin movēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔveɾ/
Verb
mover
- to move
Descendants
- Occitan: mòver, mòure, mòguer
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “movēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 463
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese mover, from Latin movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“to move”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈve(ʁ)/ [moˈve(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /moˈve(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /moˈve(ʁ)/ [moˈve(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈve(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈveɾ/
Verb
mover (first-person singular present movo, first-person singular preterite movi, past participle movido)
- to move (change position)
- Synonyms: deslocar, mexer, movimentar
- to induce; to persuade
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:induzir
- (law, with contra following the object) to sue (file legal action)
- João moveu uma ação contra Pedro. ― John sued Peter.
- Synonym: processar
- (chess and other games) to move (change the place of a piece)
- Synonyms: mexer, movimentar
- inflection of mover:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of mover (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | mover | |||||
| Personal | mover | moveres | mover | movermos | moverdes | moverem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| movendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | movido | movidos | ||||
| Feminine | movida | movidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | movo | moves | move | movemos | moveis | movem |
| Imperfect | movia | movias | movia | movíamos | movíeis | moviam |
| Preterite | movi | moveste | moveu | movemos | movestes | moveram |
| Pluperfect | movera | moveras | movera | movêramos | movêreis | moveram |
| Future | moverei | moverás | moverá | moveremos | movereis | moverão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| moveria | moverias | moveria | moveríamos | moveríeis | moveriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | mova | movas | mova | movamos | movais | movam |
| Imperfect | movesse | movesses | movesse | movêssemos | movêsseis | movessem |
| Future | mover | moveres | mover | movermos | moverdes | moverem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | move | mova | movamos | movei | movam | |
| Negative (não) | não movas | não mova | não movamos | não movais | não movam | |
Related terms
- imóvel
- movediço
- movedor
- móvel
- movimento
- movível
- mudar
- remover
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish mover, from Latin movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“to move”). Cognate with English move.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈbeɾ/ [moˈβ̞eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: mo‧ver
Verb
mover (first-person singular present muevo, first-person singular preterite moví, past participle movido)
- (transitive) to move (to cause to change place or posture)
- (transitive) to shake (e.g. to shake one's head, to shake one's tail feather)
- (transitive) to wiggle (e.g. one's ears, fingers, nose, toes)
- (transitive) to wag (e.g., an animal's tail wagging)
- (transitive) to move to, to cause to
- (transitive) to swing (e.g. a sword, a bat, a tennis racket, one's tail)
- (reflexive) to move (to change place or posture)
- (reflexive) to shift
- La tierra se movió.
- The ground shifted.
- (reflexive) to move around, to get around, to drift (i.e. make one's way about a place, to navigate or travel)
- (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!
- (reflexive) to get a move on (idiom)
- (reflexive) to be moved (by a performance, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of mover (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | mover | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | moviendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | movido | movida | |||||
| plural | movidos | movidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | muevo | muevestú movésvos | mueve | movemos | movéis | mueven | |
| imperfect | movía | movías | movía | movíamos | movíais | movían | |
| preterite | moví | moviste | movió | movimos | movisteis | movieron | |
| future | moveré | moverás | moverá | moveremos | moveréis | moverán | |
| conditional | movería | moverías | movería | moveríamos | moveríais | moverían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | mueva | muevastú movásvos2 | mueva | movamos | mováis | muevan | |
| imperfect (ra) | moviera | movieras | moviera | moviéramos | movierais | movieran | |
| imperfect (se) | moviese | movieses | moviese | moviésemos | movieseis | moviesen | |
| future1 | moviere | movieres | moviere | moviéremos | moviereis | movieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | muevetú movévos | mueva | movamos | moved | muevan | ||
| negative | no muevas | no mueva | no movamos | no mováis | no muevan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of mover (o-ue alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive mover | |||||||
| dative | moverme | moverte | moverle, moverse | movernos | moveros | moverles, moverse | |
| accusative | moverme | moverte | moverlo, moverla, moverse | movernos | moveros | moverlos, moverlas, moverse | |
| with gerund moviendo | |||||||
| dative | moviéndome | moviéndote | moviéndole, moviéndose | moviéndonos | moviéndoos | moviéndoles, moviéndose | |
| accusative | moviéndome | moviéndote | moviéndolo, moviéndola, moviéndose | moviéndonos | moviéndoos | moviéndolos, moviéndolas, moviéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative mueve | |||||||
| dative | muéveme | muévete | muévele | muévenos | not used | muéveles | |
| accusative | muéveme | muévete | muévelo, muévela | muévenos | not used | muévelos, muévelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative mové | |||||||
| dative | moveme | movete | movele | movenos | not used | moveles | |
| accusative | moveme | movete | movelo, movela | movenos | not used | movelos, movelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative mueva | |||||||
| dative | muévame | not used | muévale, muévase | muévanos | not used | muévales | |
| accusative | muévame | not used | muévalo, muévala, muévase | muévanos | not used | muévalos, muévalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative movamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | movámoste | movámosle | movámonos | movámoos | movámosles | |
| accusative | not used | movámoste | movámoslo, movámosla | movámonos | movámoos | movámoslos, movámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative moved | |||||||
| dative | movedme | not used | movedle | movednos | moveos | movedles | |
| accusative | movedme | not used | movedlo, movedla | movednos | moveos | movedlos, movedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative muevan | |||||||
| dative | muévanme | not used | muévanle | muévannos | not used | muévanles, muévanse | |
| accusative | muévanme | not used | muévanlo, muévanla | muévannos | not used | muévanlos, muévanlas, muévanse | |
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