# motivo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian motivo. Doublet of motif and motive.

### Noun

motivo (plural motivos or motivi)
* (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 […]

### Anagrams

* vomito

## Aragonese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈtibo/
* Rhymes: -ibo
* Syllabification: mo‧ti‧vo

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin motīvus.

#### Noun

motivo m
* reason, ground, motive
    no sé en qual ye motivo ― I don't know what is the reason for that

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

motivo
* Verb conjugation of motivar

### Further reading

* Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [muˈti.βu]
* IPA: (Balearic) [muˈti.vo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [moˈti.vo]

### Verb

motivo
* first-person singular present indicative of motivar

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin motivus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [moˈtivo]
* Rhymes: -ivo
* Hyphenation: mo‧ti‧vo

### Noun

motivo (accusative singular motivon, plural motivoj, accusative plural motivojn)
* reason, ground, motive

#### Related terms

* motivi

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed 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: /moˈtivo/

### Noun

motivo (plural motivi)
* motive (that which excites to action, determines choice)
* (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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈti.vo/
* Rhymes: -ivo
* Hyphenation: mo‧tì‧vo

### Etymology 1

From Late Latin mōtīvus.

#### Noun

motivo m (plural motivi)
* reason, ground
    Synonym: ragione
* motive
    Synonym: motivazione
* (music) motif, melody, aria
    Synonym: melodia
* pattern, motif
* room
    Synonym: spazio
* scope
    Synonyms: scopo, spazio

##### Related terms

* motivare
* motivato
* motivazione
* motivetto
* motivico

##### Descendants

* → Greek: μοτίβο (motívo)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

motivo
* first-person singular present indicative of motivare

### Further reading

* motivo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* motivo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* motivo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* motivo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* motivo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

### Anagrams

* vomito, vomitò

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /moːˈtiː.u̯oː/, [moːˈt̪iːu̯oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /moˈti.vo/, [moˈt̪iːvo]

### Adjective

mōtīvō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mōtīvus

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈt͡ʃi.vu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈt͡ʃi.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /moˈt͡ʃi.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muˈti.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muˈti.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /muˈti.bu/ [muˈti.βu]
* Hyphenation: mo‧ti‧vo

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin mōtīvus.

#### Noun

motivo m (plural motivos)
* motive (that which incites to action)
    Synonyms: causa, finalidade, intuito, razão
* (music) motif (short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work)
    Synonym: leitmotiv

##### Related terms

* motivação
* motivacional
* motivadamente
* motivado
* motivador
* motivante
* motivar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

motivo
* first-person singular present indicative of motivar

### Further reading

* “motivo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “motivo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “motivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “motivo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “motivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “motivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈtibo/ [moˈt̪i.β̞o]
* Rhymes: -ibo
* Syllabification: mo‧ti‧vo

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin motīvus.

#### Noun

motivo m (plural motivos)
* reason, ground, motive
    no sé por qué motivo ― I don't know for what reason
** 2013 July 9, Alan Gainza Miranda, “Científicos de UCR encuentran arrecife de Samara y Carrillo en mal estado”, in La Voz de Guanacaste‎:Los motivos fundamentales por los que se ha degradado el arrecife en estos momentos son las mareas rojas y las extracciones de coral por parte de los humanos.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

motivo
* first-person singular present indicative of motivar

### Further reading

* “motivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10