Tener motivos para
Example: Ella tiene motivos para estar feliz hoy.
Definition
"Tener motivos para" means to have reasons or causes to feel, do, or believe something. It indicates that a person possesses valid grounds or justification for a particular emotion, action, or thought, as in the example: She has reasons to be happy today.
Translations
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to have reasons to -
redenen hebben om -
tenir motius per -
avoir des raisons de -
Gründe haben zu
Etymology
The phrase "tener motivos para" comes from the Spanish verb "tener" meaning 'to have,' combined with "motivos," which means 'motives' or 'reasons.' "Motivos" derives from the Latin word "motivus," meaning 'moving' or 'causing motion,' metaphorically referring to reasons that move a person to act or feel a certain way.
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"Tener motivos para" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - General - Modismos y refranes - (B2) - parte 1", containing 105 commonly used expressions.
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