motivar

Etymology

From motiu +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.tiˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mo.tiˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mo.tiˈvaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

motivar (first-person singular present motivo, first-person singular preterite motiví, past participle motivat)

1. (transitive) to motivate

Further reading

• “motivar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “motivar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “motivar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “motivar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

From motivo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo‧ti‧var

Verb

motivar (first-person singular present motivo, first-person singular preterite motivei, past participle motivado)

1. (transitive) to motivate
2. (transitive) to cause, induce, provoke

Further reading

• “motivar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Etymology

From motivo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /motiˈbaɾ/ [mo.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧ti‧var

Verb

motivar (first-person singular present motivo, first-person singular preterite motivé, past participle motivado)

1. (transitive) to motivate

Further reading

• “motivar”, 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

Anagrams

• vomitar