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motivo

motivo noun: a motif.

Noun

motivo (plural motivos or motivi)

  1. A motif.
    • By the repetition, transposition, inversion, and combination of different motivos, the extended series of sounds is formed[…]1853, Adolf Bernhard Marx, The universal school of music, translated by A. H. Wehrhan, page 165

Forms of motivo

pluralmotivos
pluralmotivi

Origin of motivo

Borrowed from Italian motivo. Doublet of motif and motive.

Questions about motivo

What does motivo mean?
Motivo means a motif.
What part of speech is motivo?
Motivo is a noun.
What is the plural of motivo?
The plural of motivo is motivos.

Words near motivo in the dictionary

  1. motivic
  2. motivically
  3. motiving
  4. motivities
  5. motivity
  6. motivo
  7. motivological
  8. motivology
  9. motivos
  10. motixafortide
  11. Motl

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