motivo
Meaning
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- (masculine) motive (that which incites to action)
- (masculine) motif (short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mo‧ti‧vo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/moˈt͡ʃi.vu/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin mōtīvus.
New
motivar
- (transitive) to motivate
- (transitive) to cause, induce, provoke
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