ánimas

Spanish, noun

ánimas is spelled Á-N-I-M-A-S (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ánimas is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “plural of ánima” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, animas is a different word: “second-person singular present indicative of animar”. With an accent, animás is a different word: “second-person singular voseo present indicative of animar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aviso que se da a los fieles tocando las campanas de la iglesia para que pidan por la salvación de las almas…”.