mover

English

Etymology

From move +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːvə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mov‧er
• Rhymes: -uːvə(ɹ)

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

• fast mover
• first mover
• household goods mover
• house mover
• mover and shaker
• needle-mover
• needle mover
• people mover
• prime mover
• side mover
• unmoved mover

 

Translations

someone who or something that moves

• Bulgarian: двигател (bg) (dvigatel)
• Finnish: liikkuja (fi) (intransitive), liikuttaja (transitive)
• German: Beweger m, Bewegerin f
• Irish: breabhsaire m
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: جووڵێنەر (cûllêner)

• Swedish: flyttare (sv)
• Welsh: ysgogydd m

person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another — see house mover

someone who proposes a motion at a meeting

• Bulgarian: инициатор (bg) m (iniciator)
• Finnish: aloitteen esittäjä, ehdottaja (fi)
• Maori: kaimōtini
• Swedish: motionär (sv) c
• Welsh: cynigydd m

Anagrams

• vomer

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

Related terms

• movimientu

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

• “mover”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “mover” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔveɾ/

Verb

mover

1. to move

Descendants

• Occitan: mòure, mòver, mòguer

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “movēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 463

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mover, from Latin movēre. Compare Spanish mover, French mouvoir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈve(ʁ)/ [moˈve(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈve(ʁ)/ [moˈve(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moˈve(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moˈve(ʁ)/ [moˈve(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈve(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈveɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈveɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈbeɾ/ [muˈβeɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈve.ɾi/

• 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

Related terms

• automobilístico
• automóvel
• autopromover
• comover
• contramovimento
• imobiliária
• imóvel
• mobiliar
• movediço
• movedor
• móvel
• moveleiro
• movimentação
• movimento
• movível
• mudar
• promover
• remover
• telemóvel

 

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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

• agua pasada no mueve molino
• mover cielo y tierra
• mover de salmer
• mover el banquillo
• mover el esqueleto
• mover los hilos (“to pull strings”)
• no mover un dedo

 

Related terms

• amover
• conmover
• moción
• movida
• movido
• movimiento
• mudar
• mueble
• remover

 

Further reading

• “mover”, 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