movimiento

movement

noun moh-byee-MYEN-toh Common

Also means

motion

Usage Note

Movimiento covers physical motion (movimiento sísmico = 'seismic movement') and organised social or political movements (el movimiento obrero = 'the labour movement'). In music it refers to a movement of a composition. The phrase en movimiento ('in motion') contrasts with en reposo ('at rest'). Movimiento is also the name of the Francoist political organisation in 20th-century Spanish history, so the word carries cultural weight in certain contexts.

Examples

"El movimiento feminista ganó fuerza."

Natural Translation

The feminist movement gained strength.

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