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mover

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English

Etymology

From move +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

mover (plural movers)

  1. Someone who or something that moves.
  2. A dancer.
  3. A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
    Synonym: (chiefly Australia) removalist
    I'm getting too old to expect my friends to schlep all my stuff for beer and pizza. I'm hiring movers this time.
  4. Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
  5. A product that sells well.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 389:
      "The Celtic Soul Brothers" (#86, 1983) was a moderate mover of a follow-up.
  6. (chess, in combination) A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin movēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈbe(ɾ)/
  • Rhymes: -e(ɾ)
  • Syllabification: mo‧ver

Verb

mover

  1. to move

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin movēre.

Verb

mover

  1. to move

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mover, from Latin movēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈbeɾ/ [moˈβ̞eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ver

Verb

mover (first-person singular present movo, first-person singular preterite movín, past participle movido)
mover (first-person singular present movo, first-person singular preterite movim or movi, past participle movido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to move

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mover
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal mover
Personal mover moveres mover movermos moverdes moveren
Gerund
movendo
Past participle
Masculine movido movidos
Feminine movida movidas
Indicative
Present movo moves move movemos movedes moven
Imperfect movía movías movía moviamos moviades movían
Preterite movín moviches moveu movemos movestes moveron
Pluperfect movera moveras movera moveramos moverades moveran
Future moverei moverás moverá moveremos moveredes moverán
Conditional movería moverías movería moveriamos moveriades moverían
Subjunctive
Present mova movas mova movamos movades movan
Imperfect movese moveses movese movésemos movésedes movesen
Future mover moveres mover movermos moverdes moveren
Imperative
Affirmative move mova movamos movede movan
Negative (non) non movas non mova non movamos non movades non movan
    Reintegrated conjugation of mover (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal mover
Personal mover moveres mover movermos moverdes moverem
Gerund
movendo
Past participle
Masculine movido movidos
Feminine movida movidas
Indicative
Present movo moves move movemos movedes, moveis movem
Imperfect movia movias movia movíamos movíades, movíeis, movíais1 moviam
Preterite movim, movi moveste, moveche1 moveu movemos movestes movêrom, moveram
Pluperfect movera moveras movera movêramos movêrades, movêreis, movêrais1 moveram
Future moverei moverás moverá moveremos moveredes, movereis moverám, moverão
Conditional moveria moverias moveria moveríamos moveríades, moveríeis, moveríais1 moveriam
Subjunctive
Present mova movas mova movamos movades, movais movam
Imperfect movesse movesses movesse movêssemos movêssedes, movêsseis movessem
Future mover moveres mover movermos moverdes moverem
Imperative
Affirmative move mova movamos movede, movei movam
Negative (nom) nom movas nom mova nom movamos nom movades, nom movais nom movam

1Less recommended.

Further reading

Interlingua

Verb

mover

  1. (transitive) to move

mover se

  1. (reflexive) to move

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mover
infinitive mover
participle present perfect
movente movite
active simple perfect
present move ha movite
past moveva habeva movite
future movera habera movite
conditional moverea haberea movite
imperative move
passive simple perfect
present es movite ha essite movite
past esseva movite habeva essite movite
future essera movite habera essite movite
conditional esserea movite haberea essite movite
imperative sia movite

Old French

Verb

mover

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of movoir

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *movĕre, from Latin movēre (“to move”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mover

  1. to move

Descendants

  • Occitan: mòure, mòver, mòguer

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mover, from Latin movēre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: mo‧ver

Verb

mover (first-person singular present movo, first-person singular preterite movi, past participle movido)

  1. to move (change position)
    Synonyms: deslocar, mexer, movimentar
  2. to induce; to persuade
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:induzir
  3. (law, with contra following the object) to sue (file legal action)
    Synonym: processar
    João moveu uma ação contra Pedro. ― John sued Peter.
  4. (chess and other games) to move (change the place of a piece)
    Synonyms: mexer, movimentar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mover (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal mover
Personal mover moveres mover movermos moverdes moverem
Gerund
movendo
Past participle
Masculine movido movidos
Feminine movida movidas
Indicative
Present movo moves move movemos moveis movem
Imperfect movia movias movia movíamos movíeis moviam
Preterite movi moveste moveu movemos movestes moveram
Pluperfect movera moveras movera movêramos movêreis moveram
Future moverei moverás moverá moveremos movereis moverão
Conditional moveria moverias moveria moveríamos moveríeis moveriam
Subjunctive
Present mova movas mova movamos movais movam
Imperfect movesse movesses movesse movêssemos movêsseis movessem
Future mover moveres mover movermos moverdes moverem
Imperative
Affirmative move mova movamos movei movam
Negative (não) não movas não mova não movamos não movais não movam

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mover, from Latin movēre. Compare English move.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈbeɾ/ [moˈβ̞eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: mo‧ver

Verb

mover (first-person singular present muevo, first-person singular preterite moví, past participle movido)

  1. (transitive) to move (to cause to change place or posture)
  2. (transitive) to shake (e.g. to shake one's head, to shake one's tail feather)
  3. (transitive) to wiggle (e.g. one's ears, fingers, nose, toes)
  4. (transitive) to wag (e.g., an animal's tail wagging)
  5. (transitive) to move to, to cause to
  6. (transitive) to swing (e.g. a sword, a bat, a tennis racket, one's tail)
  7. (reflexive) to move (to change place or posture)
  8. (reflexive) to shift
    La tierra se movió.
    The ground shifted.
  9. (reflexive) to move around, to get around, to drift (i.e. make one's way about a place, to navigate or travel)
  10. (reflexive) to budge, to stir, to twitch, to fidget, to move (in an agitated manner)
    La bebé no se movió para nada toda la noche.
    The baby didn't stir at all the entire night.
    ¡Deja de moverte!
    Stop fidgeting!
  11. (reflexive) to get a move on (idiom)
  12. (reflexive) to be moved (by a performance, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mover (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive mover
gerund moviendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular movido movida
plural movidos movidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present muevo muevestú
movésvos 		mueve movemos movéis mueven
imperfect movía movías movía movíamos movíais movían
preterite moví moviste movió movimos movisteis movieron
future moveré moverás moverá moveremos moveréis moverán
conditional movería moverías movería moveríamos moveríais moverían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present mueva muevastú
movásvos2 		mueva movamos mováis muevan
imperfect
(ra) 		moviera movieras moviera moviéramos movierais movieran
imperfect
(se) 		moviese movieses moviese moviésemos movieseis moviesen
future1 moviere movieres moviere moviéremos moviereis movieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative muevetú
movévos 		mueva movamos moved muevan
negative no muevas no mueva no movamos no mováis no muevan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mover (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive mover
dative moverme moverte moverle, moverse movernos moveros moverles, moverse
accusative moverme moverte moverlo, moverla, moverse movernos moveros moverlos, moverlas, moverse
with gerund moviendo
dative moviéndome moviéndote moviéndole, moviéndose moviéndonos moviéndoos moviéndoles, moviéndose
accusative moviéndome moviéndote moviéndolo, moviéndola, moviéndose moviéndonos moviéndoos moviéndolos, moviéndolas, moviéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mueve
dative muéveme muévete muévele muévenos not used muéveles
accusative muéveme muévete muévelo, muévela muévenos not used muévelos, muévelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mové
dative moveme movete movele movenos not used moveles
accusative moveme movete movelo, movela movenos not used movelos, movelas
with formal second-person singular imperative mueva
dative muévame not used muévale, muévase muévanos not used muévales
accusative muévame not used muévalo, muévala, muévase muévanos not used muévalos, muévalas
with first-person plural imperative movamos
dative not used movámoste movámosle movámonos movámoos movámosles
accusative not used movámoste movámoslo, movámosla movámonos movámoos movámoslos, movámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative moved
dative movedme not used movedle movednos moveos movedles
accusative movedme not used movedlo, movedla movednos moveos movedlos, movedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative muevan
dative muévanme not used muévanle muévannos not used muévanles, muévanse
accusative muévanme not used muévanlo, muévanla muévannos not used muévanlos, muévanlas, muévanse

Derived terms

Further reading

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