# motivado vs motivar

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### motivado
*verb · IPA [mot̪iˈβ̞að̞o] · frequency rank #12,203*
Participio de motivar.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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