English

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 […]

Catalan

Verb

motivo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of motivar

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin motivus.

Noun

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

1. reason, ground, motive

Related terms

• motivi

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing 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”)

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

Descendants

• Greek: μοτίβο n ‎(motívo)

Verb

motivo

1. first-person singular present active indicative of motivare

Anagrams

• vomito, vomitò

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin motivus.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.ˈt͡ʃi.vo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.ˈti.vu/
• Hyphenation: mo‧ti‧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

Verb

motivo

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

Spanish

Verb

motivo

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

Noun

motivo m ‎(plural motivos)

1. reason, ground, motive