ânimo
Portuguese, noun
ânimo is spelled Â-N-I-M-O (5 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ânimo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “spirit; disposition; essence; nature; temperament” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, animo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of animar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vontade”.
What does ânimo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespirit; disposition; essence; nature; temperament
Não podemos perder nosso ânimo competitivo.
- 2
masculinemotivation; will (willingness to do something)
Ele está sem ânimo para nada.
- 3
masculinealternative form of animus
interjection
- 1
cheer up (word of encouragement to someone who is unhappy)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of animar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. coragem, força
noun: 1. vontade
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 ânimo
- ânimos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ânimo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ânimo in Portuguese?
ânimo appears 5.5 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).