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animoso

Spanish, adjective/aniˈmoso/

animoso is spelled A-N-I-M-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 116,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Animoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “courageous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lleno de ánimo, que se esfuerza con ganas y voluntad”.

What does animoso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    courageous

  2. 2

    lively, spirited

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Lleno de ánimo, que se esfuerza con ganas y voluntad. 2. Que tiene la motivación y el valor para emprender algo sin detenerse ante las dificultades.

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 animoso

  • animosa feminine
  • animosos masculine plural
  • animosas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce animoso?

  • /aniˈmoso/
  • [a.niˈmo.so]
  • [aniˈmoso]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to animoso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is animoso in Spanish?

animoso appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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