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moverse

move

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

  1. to move (itself, oneself), to shift
    La tierra se movió.
    The ground shifted.
  2. to move around, to get around, to drift (i.e. make one's way about a place, to navigate or travel)
  3. 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!
  4. to get a move on (idiom)
  5. to be moved (by a performance, etc.)

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

Examples

  • Sé que vi algo moverse.

    I know I saw something move.

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  • Ella baila bien, pero tiene que moverse más.

    She dances well, but she has to move more.

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  • María sintió al bebé moverse.

    Mary felt the baby move.

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  • Este dios indígena necesita de agua para tener una vida normal, moverse y hablar, o su cuerpo vuelve a ser piedra inmóvil.

    This indigenous god needs water to have a normal life, move and talk, or its body will turn back into immovable stone.

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  • ¿Sentiste a la tierra moverse?

    Did you feel the earth move?

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  • No pudo moverse.

    He was unable to move.

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  • El soldado estaba herido en la pierna y no podía moverse.

    The soldier was wounded in the leg and couldn't move.

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  • La niñita dijo que vio la estatua del dinosaurio moverse.

    The little girl said that she saw the statue of the dinosaur move.

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  • Tan pronto como el barco comenzó a moverse, él se mareó.

    As soon as the ship began to move, he got seasick.

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  • Pasó más de una hora antes de que el tren comenzara a moverse.

    More than an hour went by before the train started to move.

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