movimiento

Ladino

Alternative forms

• movimento, movimyento

Noun

movimiento m (Latin spelling, plural movimientos)

1. movement

Spanish

Etymology

From mover +‎ -miento, or perhaps partly based on Medieval Latin mōvimentum, from Latin moveō. Cognate with Catalan moviment, Galician movemento, French mouvement, Portuguese movimento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mobiˈmjento/ [mo.β̞iˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: mo‧vi‧mien‧to

Noun

movimiento m (plural movimientos)

1. movement (physical motion between points in space)

   Synonym: moción

2. movement (a trend in various fields or social categories)
3. (banking) transaction
4. (music) movement (a large division of a larger composition)

Derived terms

• cantidad de movimiento
• movimiento armónico simple

Further reading

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