🇵🇹 portugués

motivo

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

o motivo

reason

Try it

motivo
/u moˈtʃivu/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice motivo en portugués?

AFI
/u moˈtʃivu/

How do you pronounce motivo in portugués?

motivo is pronounced /u moˈtʃivu/ in portugués.

Frases de ejemplo

O motivo principal para minha ausência foi a doença.

The main reason for my absence was illness.

Esse motivo é tão válido quanto qualquer outro.

That reason is just as valid as any other.

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¿Por qué es masculine?

Motivo is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "motivus," which functioned as a noun (not purely an adjective) in Latin. Portuguese inherited the masculine gender from this Latin noun form. The word evolved from Latin meaning "that which moves" or "moving cause" to the modern Portuguese meaning of "reason" or "motive."

¿Cómo se dice reason en portugués?

En portugués, reason se dice o motivo — masculine.

Género según el idioma

IdiomaPalabraArtículoGénero
🇫🇷 Frenchraison flips!lafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishrazón flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianragione flips!lafeminine

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