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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MOTIVO

La palabra motivo procede del latín tardío motīvus, relativo al movimiento.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MOTIVO IN SPANISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOTIVO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Motivo can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MOTIVO MEAN IN SPANISH?

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Definition of motivo in the Spanish dictionary

The first definition of motive in the dictionary of the real academy of the Spanish language is that it moves or has efficiency or virtue to move. Another meaning of motive in the dictionary is cause or reason that moves for something. Motive is also in art, a characteristic feature that is repeated in a work or in a set of them. La primera definición de motivo en el diccionario de la real academia de la lengua española es que mueve o tiene eficacia o virtud para mover. Otro significado de motivo en el diccionario es causa o razón que mueve para algo. Motivo es también en arte, rasgo característico que se repite en una obra o en un conjunto de ellas.

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SPANISH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOTIVO


activo
ac·ti·vo
administrativo
ad·mi·nis·tra·ti·vo
alternativo
al·ter·na·ti·vo
atractivo
a·trac·ti·vo
colectivo
co·lec·ti·vo
competitivo
com·pe·ti·ti·vo
corporativo
cor·po·ra·ti·vo
creativo
cre·a·ti·vo
decorativo
de·co·ra·ti·vo
deportivo
de·por·ti·vo
dispositivo
dis·po·si·ti·vo
educativo
e·du·ca·ti·vo
efectivo
e·fec·ti·vo
ejecutivo
e·je·cu·ti·vo
emotivo
e·mo·ti·vo
informativo
in·for·ma·ti·vo
objetivo
ob·je·ti·vo
operativo
o·pe·ra·ti·vo
positivo
po·si·ti·vo
votivo
vo·ti·vo

SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOTIVO

motil
motilar
motilidad
motilón
motilona
motín
motiva
motivación
motivador
motivadora
motivar
moto
motobol
motobomba
motocarro
motocicleta
motociclismo
motociclista
motociclo
motocine

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE MOTIVO

aperitivo
aplicativo
consecutivo
contencioso administrativo
correctivo
cultivo
definitivo
digestivo
directivo
interactivo
legislativo
nativo
negativo
polideportivo
preventivo
productivo
recreativo
relativo
respectivo
significativo

Synonyms and antonyms of motivo in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MOTIVO» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words have a similar or identical meaning as «motivo» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Spanish synonyms of motivo

Translation of «motivo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOTIVO

Find out the translation of motivo to 25 languages with our Spanish multilingual translator.
The translations of motivo from Spanish to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «motivo» in Spanish.

In the following section you can check the translations of motivo in the Spanish-English dictionary.

Translator Spanish - Chinese

原因
1,325 millions of speakers

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motivo
570 millions of speakers

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reason
510 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Hindi

कारण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Spanish - Arabic

سبب
280 millions of speakers

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причина
278 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Portuguese

razão
270 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Bengali

কারণ
260 millions of speakers

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raison
220 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Malay

sebab
190 millions of speakers

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Grund
180 millions of speakers

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理由
130 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Korean

이유
85 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Javanese

alesan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Spanish - Vietnamese

lý do
80 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Tamil

காரணம்
75 millions of speakers

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कारण
75 millions of speakers

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neden
70 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Italian

ragione
65 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Polish

powód
50 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Ukrainian

причина
40 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Romanian

motiv
30 millions of speakers
el

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λόγος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Spanish - Afrikaans

rede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Spanish - Swedish

anledning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Spanish - Norwegian

årsaken
5 millions of speakers

SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

motivo
motivo 
  cause ; ground ; motive ; reason ; peg ; motif ; trigger.
 The commandment KOLN see COLOGNE should be sufficient cause for the rejection of the illicit proposal to establish OPERA - KOLN.
 I think there are grounds for dispute on certain terms.
 Other title information is any title borne by an item indicative of the character, contents, etc. of the item or the motives for, or occasion of, its production or publication.
 The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.
 The concepts currently being floated by UNESCO are such as will make convenient pegs to hang pleas for resources for bibliographic and library development to national governments.
 Two pre-coordinated approaches have been used for the indexing of motif and subject content.
 They will however always have some kind of springboard or trigger which has led to their question, and we can work forwards from this.
con motivo 
for good reason
 It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that.
con motivo de 
on the occasion of
 This article reviews the scientific output of the State of Kuwait on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its independence.
delito por motivos discriminatorios 
hate crime
 The shootings have all the earmarks of a hate crime as nothing was stolen and 'Go Home' was written above them.
hay suficientes motivos para pensar que 
there + be + every reason to think that
 There is every reason to think that the same will be true of digital resources = Hay suficientes motivos para pensar que lo mismo ocurrirá con las colecciones digitales.
los motivos de    
the reason behind
the thinking behind
the reasoning behind
the idea behind
 In addition, their involvement in the planning process will go a long way towards allaying any fears over automation and will ensure that staff are aware of the reasons behind the decision to automate.
 This article describes the thinking behind a new book event for countries in the Pacific region which will take place in May 93.
 Each library response should be signed by the librarian and should show the reasoning behind the answer.
 The idea behind metadata is that there is some Third Way of organizing and giving access to electronic resources that is approximately half way between cataloguing (expensive and effective) and keyword searching (cheap and ineffective).
motivo de alarma 
cause for alarm
 This is no cause for alarm, however.
motivo de irritación 
pet peeve
 But many people have said that fag ends are merely the tip of the iceberg, with chewing gum and dog muck being some of the top pet peeves.
motivo de preocupación    
cause for alarm
cause for concern
cause of concern
source of worry
 This is no cause for alarm, however.
 This article considers that the potential for cannibalising existing data base products should be a cause for concern for those database products planning to introduce information products based on CD-ROM = Este artículo considera que la posibilidad de "fusilar" las bases de datos existentes debería ser motivo de preocupación para aquellos productores que planean introducir productos informativos en CD-ROM.
 The author examines trends in the field of higher education which have been the cause of concern in publishing.
 While fevers can be a source of worry for parents, they are actually quite common.
motivo de queja 
pet peeve
 But many people have said that fag ends are merely the tip of the iceberg, with chewing gum and dog muck being some of the top pet peeves.
motivo de risa 
a laughing matter
 This is a report of an incident at a library in which a student destroyed a set of photographs claiming that they 'made rape a laughing matter'.
motivo + estar en 
reason + lie in
 The reason behind this requirement of digital data lies in the engineering aspects of digital computers: they can only manipulate digital signals.
motivo ornamental  
motif
decorative motif
 Novelty was increasingly achieved by adapting some exotic or more or less explicitly historical motif within this framework.
 The author documents a variety of shapes and decorative motifs characteristic of biscuit tins produced for commercial British bakeries, 19th-20th cs.
motivo principal 
prime cause
 Fog banks are a major hazard to navigation and are a prime cause of shipwreck.
motivos 
grounds
 It has been criticised on various grounds.
motivos ocultos  
ulterior motives
hidden agenda
 From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him - sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives.
 This paper looks at the hidden agendas and values that conflict with the concept of cheap, easy-to-get, comprehensive, accurate information.
no ser motivo de risa 
be no laughing matter
 The article 'Libraries: no laughing matter' explores why National Library Week presents an important opportunity for the library and information science profession to make a case for libraries at a national level.
por algún motivo 
for whatever reason
 For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
por cualquier motivo 
for whatever reason
 For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
por este motivo 
for this reason
 Nevertheless, it is important to envisage the appearance of a catalogue and for this reason we shall refer, almost exclusively, to the widely adopted card catalogue.
por los siguientes motivos 
on the following counts
 Both Sears' and the Library of Congress List of Subject Headings have been criticized on the following counts:...
por motivo de  [Más común en plural] 
in the interest(s) of
for the interest(s) of
 In the interest of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
 A number of Iraqi army and police elements have participated in the circulation of electoral propaganda for the interest of certain electoral lists.
por motivos de  
for the sake of
on grounds
 The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.
 Apart from differing needs of users, indexing approaches may differ on policy grounds.
por motivos de + Nombre 
for + Nombre's sake
 I will not be discussing catalogs from a viewpoint of bibliographic principles, and for simplicity's sake I am going to treat catalogs as though they contain only entries for monographs.
por varios motivos  
for a number of reasons
for one reason or another
 That means more construction and, for a number of reasons, more accidents.
 There are loads of really talented but unqualified people who never get a chance to shine for one reason or another and there are loads of crapsters and bullshitters who land a cushy deal.
ser motivo de preocupación 
loom + large
 The philosophy of central collections providing back up for local libraries will loom large on the British library scene for some time.
sin motivo alguno 
wantonly
 Anyone who wilfully or wantonly and without cause writes upon, injures, defaces, tears or destroys any book, plate, picture, engraving, or statue belonging to the Library shall be punished to the full extent of the law of the State.
sin motivo aparente  
for no apparent reason
for apparently no reason
 These outbursts often happen for no apparent reason and may be due to the child's inability to tolerate the present environment.
 The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.
sin motivo justificado 
without justified reason
 According to this draft, employers would be allowed to dismiss workers without justified reason = Según este anteproyecto de ley, los empresarios podrán despedir a los trabajadores sin causa justificada.
sin ningún motivo    
for no reason
for no specific reason
for no particular reason
for no good reason
 When women frequently go to family restaurants, this leads to them going out of their homes excessively for no reason, which goes against the command of Allah.
 On February 20, 2000, she was arrested at home by police for no specific reason and illegally detained for fifteen days.
 Nearly a third of internet users go online on a typical day for no particular reason, just for fun or to pass the time.
 He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.
sin ningún otro motivo  
(just) for the hell of (doing) it
(just) for the sake of it
 The article is entitled 'A Marshland index - or ìndexing for the hell of it'.
 When they started to eff and blind just for the sake of it, I felt they lost the plot a bit.
tener como motivo central 
plan around + Nombre
 It outlines the college's programme which includes updates on library activities, lists of current acquisitions, contributions to the student newspaper, and the monthly displays planned around specific themes.
tener motivo 
be right
 Publishers are right to be concerned about uncontrolled republication.
tener motivo justificado 
have + good cause
 Online hosts, who have no control over the data they supply, have good cause to be worried and should seek to diversify their markets.
tener motivo para 
have + cause to
 Carpozzi, grinning from ear to ear, asked when a person would have cause to write upon, injure, deface, tear, or destroy a book, plate, picture, engraving, or statue.
tener motivos ocultos 
push + Posesivo + (personal) agenda
 She interrupted other speakers to push her agenda, and failed to keep her answers relevant to the questions.
ver el motivo de Algo 
glean + the reason for
 The reason for this can be gleaned when one considers that a magnetic tape drive might transfer data to and from the processor at 20,000 characters per second.
viaje por motivos académicos 
study trip
 Her views on the relationship between educational librarianship and information technology were influenced as a result of a study trip to the UK in 1984.
visita por motivos de investigación  
research trip
research visit
 Microform offers a less costly alternative to purchasing original materials, on the one hand, and to trans-Atlantic research trips, on the other.
 The author presents the findings of a research visit to the USA to assess the production, management and use of electronic theses.

Trends of use of motivo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOTIVO»

The term «motivo» is very widely used and occupies the 1.180 position in our list of most widely used terms in the Spanish dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOTIVO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about motivo

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8 SPANISH QUOTES WITH «MOTIVO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word motivo.
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George Eliot
Examinad bien vuestras palabras y encontraréis que, aun cuando no tenéis ningún motivo para ser falsos, es muy difícil decir la verdad exacta.
2
Stendhal
Es una reflexión muy corriente, pero que por este mismo motivo olvidamos, que las almas sensibles son cada día más raras y las personas cultas más ordinarias.
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George Eliot
La crueldad, como cualquier otro vicio, no requiere ningún motivo para ser practicada, apenas oportunidad.
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Joseph Joubert
El motivo no existe siempre para ser alcanzado, sino para servir de punto de mira.
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Jean de la Bruyere
No existe para el hombre más que una verdadera desdicha: incurrir en falta y tener motivo de censura contra sí.
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Jean de la Bruyere
Sólo el motivo constituye el mérito de las acciones; y el desinterés les da la perfeccion.
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Cicerón
Hay que atender no sólo a lo que cada cual dice, sino a lo que siente y al motivo porque lo siente.
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Leon Tolstoi
Todas las familias felices se parecen unas a otras; pero cada familia infeliz tiene un motivo especial para sentirse desgraciada.

SPANISH PROVERBS WITH THE WORD «MOTIVO»

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10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOTIVO»

Discover the use of motivo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to motivo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
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La Parodia como motivo básico del Esperpento en "Luces de ...
Seminar paper del ano 2008 en eltema Romanistica - Espanol, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1,5, Universidad de Sevilla, 14 Citas bibliograficas, Idioma: Espanol, Resumen: En muchas obras de Valle-Inclan se puede reconocer relaciones ...
Christina Halasz, 2008
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Un Buen Motivo
Este libro te enseña los pasos que se siguieron para crear la plataforma lÃÂder de comercio electrÃÂ3nico ofiline.com, y te demuestra la importancia que tiene en cualquier proyecto, el hecho de tener "Un buen motivo" para hacerlo.
Peio Ruiz, 2007
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Sexo: un motivo para amar:
El sexo ese don maravilloso que Dios le ha otorgado al hombre en el que reside la capacidad de dar vida, siendo a la vez fuente de alegría y unión entre los cónyuges. El sexo es parte integrante del ser humano. Es un don de Dios.
Mónica de Aysa, 2001
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Estudio de la motivación humana
EL MOTIVO DE LOGRO En el capítulo 6 examinamos detalladamente cómo pueden ser medidas las diferencias individuales en la intensidad del motivo porque en la ciencia la medición es de una importancia vital. Sin ella nos hallaríamos ...
David C. McClelland, 1989
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Horizontes de la familia ante el S. XXI: Reflexiones con ...
En los últimos 25 años, los investigadores y profesionales que trabajamos con familias hemos asistido a enormes cambios en la vida de las familias españolas: los cambios legislativos que abren a una multiplicación de modelos posibles de ...
Fernando Vidal Fernández, 2011
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Ajuste el Detalle de muestra utilizado para crear el motivo. Cuanto más bajo sea su valor, menos detalles de la selección inicial estarán visibles en el motivo. Si el valor es más elevado, se conservan más detalles. La imagen de la izquierda ...
Cyril GUÉRIN, 2006
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Tratado de Nutrición: Bases Fisiológicas y bioquímicas de la ...
Un factor que presenta este motivo es TFIIB. Motivo homeodominio Es muy parecido al motivo anterior. Consiste en una hélice-giro-hélice que continúa con un segundo fragmento corto de aminoácidos sin estructura secundaria (giro), una ...
Angel Gil (DRT) Hernandez, 2010
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Real Cedula de Su Magestad, en que con motivo de cierta ...
España. tadome su parecer en cada caso, y las Leyes y disposiciones Canónicas, y razones en que lo fundaban $ reconocido todo por Mí con la atención y cuidado cor- > respondiente, tuve á bien mandar , entre otras cosas, se respondiese ...
España, 1771
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Triunfo del servilismo, conseguido con motivo de los sucesos ...
D. A. G.. en Ja historia de aquel heroico pueblo, las ocho de la mañana serian cuando llegó Don Mariano Salicas oficial de la Milicia de caballería local que habia conducido pliegos al General , diciendo que este se dirigía á Zaragoza; esta ...
D. A. G., 1821
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Instrucción pastoral con motivo del Jubileo ...
habilítate quoquomodo contracta dispensare, vel aliquas facultates tribuere super praemis'sis dispensando, seu habilitandi, et in pristinum statum restituendi. Et ut praesentes plenum eífectum ha- beant ómnibus in contrarium facientibus licet ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOTIVO»

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Once detenidos de una banda juvenil por apalear sin motivo a dos ...
Según la Policía, las víctimas estaban con unos amigos en un pub cuando fueron golpeados sin motivo y de forma indiscriminada por al menos once personas. «Información, Sep 16»
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RDC: La liberación de cuatro activistas en favor de la democracia ...
RDC: La liberación de cuatro activistas en favor de la democracia, motivo de ... es motivo de celebración, pero los cuatro siguen en peligro de ser detenidos de ... «Amnistía Internacional España, Aug 16»
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El burkini sigue siendo motivo de polémicas
El burkini sigue siendo motivo de polémicas. En este artículo: Burkini, Fotografía, Islam, Playas, Religión, Sociedad, Vestimenta. 27 agosto 2016 | 8 |. Burkini ... «CubaDebate, Aug 16»
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OIJ captura a menor de 16 años por disparar sin motivo a vehículos
Un menor de 16 años fue detenido este viernes en la madrugada en San Pedro de Pavas, San José, por disparar sin motivo alguno a los vehículos que ... «La Nación Costa Rica, Aug 16»
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El motivo que hizo a Samsung saltarse el 6 con el Galaxy Note 7
Y tiene muy buenos motivos para hacerlo. El movimiento es muy inteligente. Primero, unifica nombre con el Galaxy S7 y los pone a la par. Los que vivimos el ... «Hipertextual, Aug 16»
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Alcaldesa de Ansbach declara que el motivo de la explosión fue ...
BERLÍN (Sputnik) — La alcaldesa de la ciudad alemana de Ansbach, Carda Seidel, declaró que el motivo de la explosión que sacudió el centro de la ciudad ... «Sputnik Mundo, Jul 16»
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Los ruidos de las mascotas cuando están solas, un motivo frecuente ...
Las denuncias por ladridos y llantos de los animales son la tercera causa de reclamos, según la Defensoría de la Ciudad. Y son más comunes en época de ... «Clarín.com, Jul 16»
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´No hubo un único motivo para renunciar´
No hay un único motivo por el cual hayamos renunciado a la montaña, siempre son varios los factores que desencadenan tan triste y difícil decisión". «La Opinión de Zamora, Jul 16»
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El cansancio, el motivo de consulta frecuente
El cansancio, el motivo de consulta frecuente. Este síntoma, como cualquier otro, es también información que nos indica que algo anda mal y requiere atención. «LA NACION, Jul 16»
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El olvidado motivo por el que las chaquetas tienen botones en las ...
Si quieres resolver otros misterios relacionados con la ropa que usas a diario, te invitamos a conocer el sorprendente motivo por el que tus vaqueros tienen ... «ABC.es, Jul 16»

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