motivo

A2Rank #1336

reason, ground, motive

Part of speech
noun
Article
el
Gender
masculine
Frequency rank
#1336 of 5,000

no sé por qué motivo

I don't know for what reason

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"motivo" in example sentences

"motivo" appears in 73 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation, counting 2 spellings (singular and plural). Here are 3 of them.

Nadie hace nada sin motivo.

Nobody does anything without a reason.

Tatoeba #12069007

No tengo motivos para vivir.

I don't have a reason to live.

Tatoeba #9612421

El motivo es claro.

The reason is clear.

Tatoeba #1251526

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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