animar
Portuguese, noun/a.niˈma(ʁ)/
animar is spelled A-N-I-M-A-R (6 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Animar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “eye dialect spelling of animal, representing Caipira Portuguese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does animar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cheer someone up (to make someone stop being sad)
Comprei um jogo para animar meu amigo.
- 2
to cheer up (to stop being sad)
Fui ver um filme para me animar.
- 3
to inspire; to enliven
A descoberta dos novos poços de petróleo animou o mercado.
- 4
to animate (to give the appearance of motion to)
O desenhista mandou os quadros para eu animar.
- 5
to resuscitate (to restore conscience to)
Reanimaram a vítima com um desfibrilador.
noun
- 1
masculineeye dialect spelling of animal, representing Caipira Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar animação a 2. avivar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of animar
- animo first-person present singular
- animei first-person preterite singular
- animado participle past
- animares infinitive second-person singular
- animarmos first-person infinitive plural
- animardes infinitive plural second-person
- animarem infinitive plural third-person
- animando gerund
- animados masculine participle past
- animada feminine participle past
- animadas feminine participle past
- animas indicative present second-person
- anima indicative present singular
- animamos first-person indicative plural
- animais indicative plural present
- animam indicative plural present
- animava first-person imperfect indicative
- animavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce animar?
- Brazil /a.niˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.niˈma(h)]
- /a.niˈma(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to animar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is animar in Portuguese?
animar appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).