leit motiv

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌlaid moˈtif/ [ˌlai̯ð̞ moˈt̪if], /ˌlaid moˈtib/ [ˌlai̯ð̞ moˈt̪iβ̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˌleid moˈtif/ [ˌlei̯ð̞ moˈt̪if], /ˌleid moˈtib/ [ˌlei̯ð̞ moˈt̪iβ̞]
  • Syllabification: leit mo‧tiv[1]

Noun

leit motiv m (plural leit motivs or leit motiv or leit motive)[2]

  1. (uncommon) alternative form of leitmotiv

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

References

  1. ^ “v”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
  2. ^ Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “leit motiv”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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