# motivar vs motivo

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### motivar
*verb · IPA /mu.ti.ˈvaɾ/ · frequency rank #14,907*
ser motivo de, desencadear

### motivo
*noun · IPA /mu.ˈti.vu/ · frequency rank #808*
razão, causa

## Source
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