How do you say “motive” in Vietnamese?

“Motive” in Vietnamese is động cơ (motive).

Vietnamese words for “motive”

• động cơListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ kəː˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩˨ kəː˧˧]động heavy cơ level

  motive; intent

  for “motive” meaning: Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.

  • Động cơ của vụ án mạng chưa được làm rõ.The motive for the murder is not yet known.

Related Vietnamese words

• nguyên doListennoun

  a cause; a reason; a motive

• chuyển độngListenverb

  to move

• vận độngListennoun

  motion

• lý doListennoun

  a reason; an excuse

• cớListennoun

  reason; excuse; pretext

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.