mover

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to move to cause to change place or posture
  • (transitive) to shake e.g. to shake one's head, to shake one's tail feather
  • (transitive) to wiggle e.g. one's ears, fingers, nose, toes
  • (transitive) to wag e.g., an animal's tail wagging
  • (transitive) to move to, to cause to
  • (transitive) to swing e.g. a sword, a bat, a tennis racket, one's tail
  • (reflexive) to move to change place or posture
  • (reflexive) to shift
  • (reflexive) to move around, to get around, to drift i.e. make one's way about a place, to navigate or travel
  • (reflexive) to budge, to stir, to twitch, to fidget, to move in an agitated manner

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mover inherited from Latin movēre derived from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (move, drive, damp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mew-

Gloss

move, drive, damp

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

湿

Emoji

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