Polyglot Dictionary

motivo

/moˈtʃivu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os motivos

Meaning

  1. reason

    • Qual é o motivo?

      What's the reason?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

razão

motivo and razão are close synonyms for "reason"; razão also separately means "right," as in "being right."

Similar in other languages

French

raison

raison is the French word for the same thing — both mean "reason."

Practice

1 What does motivo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Qual é o ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches motivo?

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