animar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to inspire
  2. (transitive) to encourage
  3. (transitive) to animate
  4. (transitive) to cheer on
  5. (reflexive) to cheer up (to become happy)
  6. (reflexive) to dare, to have the courage to, to bring oneself to, to have the heart to
  7. (Rioplatense, reflexive) to do a favor
  8. (pronominal) to decide
  9. (pronominal) to feel like, to be down for (US slang)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
a‧ni‧mar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aniˈmaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin animāre.

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