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animar

animar

Catalan

Verb

animar (first-person singular present animo, past participle animat)

  1. to animate

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto animi, from English animate, French animer, German animieren, Italian animare, Russian анима́ция (animácija), Spanish animar, all ultimately from Latin animāre, present active infinitive of animō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.niˈmar/, /a.niˈmaɾ/

Verb

animar (present tense animas, past tense animis, future tense animos, imperative animez, conditional animus)

  1. (transitive) to animate: endow with life
  2. (figuratively) to enliven, give animation to
    Me prizas spektar filmi animita.
    I like watching animated movies (i.e. animes).

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • animo (animation)
  • animeso (animation)
  • animata (animated)
  • animoza (animated)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ni.ˈmaɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌa.ni.ˈma(ʁ)/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mar

Verb

animar (first-person singular present indicative animo, past participle animado)

  1. (transitive) to cheer someone up (to make someone stop being sad)
    Comprei um jogo para animar meu amigo.
    I bought a game to cheer my friend up.
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to cheer up (to stop being sad)
    Fui ver um filme para me animar.
    I went see a film in order to cheer up.
  3. (transitive) to inspire; to enliven
    A descoberta dos novos poços de petróleo animou o mercado.
    The discovery of the new oil wells enlivened the market.
  4. (art, transitive) to animate (to give the appearance of motion to)
    O desenhista mandou os quadros para eu animar.
    The draughtsman sent the panels for me to animate.
  5. (emergency medicine, transitive) to resuscitate (to restore conscience to)
    Reanimaram a vítima com um desfibrilador.
    They resuscitated the victim with a defibrilator.
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Verb

animar

  1. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of animar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of animar
  3. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of animar
  4. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of animar

Etymology 2

Noun

animar m (plural animar)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of animal, representing Caipira Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Latin animare.

Verb

animar (first-person singular present animo, first-person singular preterite animé, past participle animado)

  1. to inspire
  2. to animate

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