mover

/moˈbeɾ/, [moˈβ̞eɾ]

move


Verb mover (first-person singular present muevo, first-person singular preterite moví, past participle movido)

  1. (transitive) to move (to cause to change place or posture)
  2. (transitive) to shake (e.g. to shake one's head, to shake one's tail feather)
  3. (transitive) to wiggle (e.g. one's ears, fingers, nose, toes)
  4. (transitive) to wag (e.g., an animal's tail wagging)
  5. (transitive) to move to, to cause to
  6. (transitive) to swing (e.g. a sword, a bat, a tennis racket, one's tail)
  7. (reflexive) to move (to change place or posture)
  8. (reflexive) to shift
    La tierra se movió.
    The ground shifted.
  9. (reflexive) to move around, to get around, to drift (i.e. make one's way about a place, to navigate or travel)
  10. (reflexive) to budge, to stir, to twitch, to fidget, to move (in an agitated manner)
    La bebé no se movió para nada toda la noche.
    The baby didn't stir at all the entire night.
    ¡Deja de moverte!
    Stop fidgeting!

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • ¿Podría usted mover su coche, por favor?

    Would you move your car, please?

  • Tom ayuda a Mary a mover el mueble.

    Tom helps Mary move the furniture.

  • Tom debía haber ayudado a Mary a mover el sillón.

    Tom should have helped Mary move the sofa.

  • La ayudé a mover los muebles.

    I assisted her in moving the furniture.

  • No puedo mover esto.

    I can't move this.

  • El chico intentó mover el pesado sofá.

    The boy tried moving the heavy sofa.

  • ¿Me ayudarás a mover este escritorio?

    Will you help me move this desk?

  • ¿Podrías mover un poco la silla?

    Could you move the chair a bit?

  • Tom y Mary no podían mover el pesado tronco.

    Tom and Mary couldn't move the heavy trunk.

  • No me puedo mover.

    I can't move.

See more examples


Want to learn Spanish?

Fill in the missing word for thousands of sentences in Spanish. Sign up and play for free!

  • Practice Spanish vocabulary in context.
  • Rapidly improve your Spanish listening skills with listening mode and Cloze-Listening.
  • Pick from dozen of collections at your level - 100 Most Common Words, the Fluency Fast Track, and more.
  • Score points for correct answers and compete with other players on the leaderboards.
  • Spaced-repetition helps you remember what you learn faster and more efficiently.
  • Keep practicing anytime, anyplace with the Clozemaster mobile apps on iOS and Android.

Get in the game!

Sign up Sign in

Get Clozemaster Pro!

Full access to everything on Clozemaster, no ads, and all the extras you need to take your Spanish skills to the next level.

Get fluent faster.

Get Pro today!