# mitigar vs motivar

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### mitigar
*verb · IPA [mit̪iˈɣ̞aɾ] · frequency rank #20,126*
Reducir o disminuir algo.

### motivar
*verb · IPA [mot̪iˈβ̞aɾ] · frequency rank #18,906*
Proporcionar un motivo o incentivo, incitar.

## Source
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