Portuguese language

How to pronounce motion in Portuguese?

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Type Words
Synonyms move, movement
Type of change
Has types manoeuvre, advance, advancement, approach, approaching, ascending, ascension, ascent, chase, coast, coming, crawl, descent, displacement, flow, following, forward motion, glide, haste, hurry, hurrying, locomotion, lunge, lurch, maneuver, migration, onward motion, play, procession, progress, progression, pursual, pursuit, return, rise, rush, rushing, shift, shifting, slide, slippage, speed, speeding, stream, swing, swinging, translation, travel, traveling, travelling, vacillation
Derivation motional, move


police controlled the motion of the crowd.
Type Words
Synonyms gesticulate, gesture
Type of intercommunicate, communicate
Has types bow down, clap, wave, spat, extend, applaud, cross oneself, put out, sign, nod, shrug, shake, wink, hold out, acclaim, exsert, beckon, stretch out, stretch forth, bless, bow
Type Words
Synonyms apparent motion, apparent movement, movement
Type of optical illusion


the cinema relies on apparent motion.
Type Words
Synonyms movement
Type of occurrence, happening, natural event, occurrent
Has types rebound, cam stroke, approaching, jitter, deflection, kick, seek, change of location, recoil, moving ridge, stroke, repercussion, deflexion, tectonic movement, throw, passage, travel, passing, turn, turning, twist, undulation, pedesis, periodic motion, periodic movement, wave, backlash, whirl, wobble, wrench, wring, bend, bending, squeeze, approach, commotion, heave, brownian motion, brownian movement, crustal movement
Type Words
Synonyms question
Type of proposal


he made a motion to adjourn.
Type Words
Synonyms gesture
Type of visual communication
Has types wave, wafture, v sign, sign of the cross, sign, shrug, previous question, obeisance, nod, high-five, gesticulation, flourish, facial gesture, facial expression, curtsy, curtsey, bowing, bow, waving, beck
Type Words
Synonyms motility, move, movement
Type of change
Has types straddle, eurythmics, standing, stretch, stroke, sweep, eurythmy, eversion, toss, everting, eye movement, fetal movement, upending, flicker, vibration, wave, waver, wiggle, wriggle, flit, flutter, foetal movement, body english, gesture, headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, inversion, jerk, jerking, jolt, kick, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, abduction, agitation, circumduction, opening, pitch, pitching, closing, posing, adduction, prostration, quiver, quivering, reach, reaching, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion, rotary motion, rotation, dart, saccade, shutting, sitting, disturbance, snap, span, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, squat, squatting, squirm
Derivation move


the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise.
Type Words
Type of state
Has types stream, vibration, trembling, quivering, quiver, flow, perpetual motion, precession, palpitation, shakiness, shaking
Derivation move


they were in a state of steady motion.