motivo

English

Etymology

Italian

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 […]

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Catalan

Verb

motivo

1. First-person singular present indicative form of motivar.

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Esperanto

Noun

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

1. reason, ground, motive

Related terms

• motivi

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Ido

Noun

motivo (plural motivi)

1. motive, reason

Derived terms

• motiva
• motivizar

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Italian

Noun

motivo m (plural motivi)

1. reason, ground
2. motive
3. (music) motif, melody, aria
4. pattern, motif

Synonyms

• ragione (1)
• motivazione (2)
• melodia (3)

Related terms

• motivare
• motivato
• motivazione
• motivetto
• motivico

Verb form

motivo

1. first-person singular indicative present of motivare

Anagrams

• vomito, vomitò

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Latin

Adjective

mōtivō

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin motivus.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA: /mo.ˈt͡ʃi.vo/

Noun

motivo m (plural motivos)

1. motive (that which incites to action)
2. (music) motif (short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work)

Synonyms

• (motive): causa, finalidade, intuito, razão
• (motif): leitmotiv

Related terms

• motivação
• motivacional
• motivadamente
• motivado

• motivador
• motivante
• motivar

Verb

motivo

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

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Spanish

Verb

motivo (infinitive motivar)

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

Noun

motivo m (plural motivos)

1. reason, ground, motive