Polyglot Dictionary

animar

/aniˈmaɾ/

verb B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
animo
preterite (yo)
animé
past participle
animado

Meaning

  1. to cheer up

    • Tus palabras me animan.

      Your words cheer me up.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

vitorear

vitorear specifically means to cheer loudly for someone, like a crowd cheering a hero; animar means to encourage or cheer someone up, or to animate.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

alegrar

alegrar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to cheer up."

Portuguese

animar

animar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to cheer up."

Practice

1 What does animar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches animar?

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