animita
Spanish, noun[aniˈmit̪a]
animita is spelled A-N-I-M-I-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish, the 222,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Animita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “shrine or chapel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Espacio pequeño en un lugar público, decorado religiosamente y con un templete, que sirve para recordar la…”.
What does animita mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshrine or chapel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espacio pequeño en un lugar público, decorado religiosamente y con un templete, que sirve para recordar la muerte trágica de una persona. Comúnmente se instala en el lugar donde muere dicha persona.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of animita
- animitas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce animita?
- [aniˈmit̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is animita in Spanish?
animita appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).