# agitar vs animar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### agitar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.ʒi.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #16,211*
abanar, sacudir

### animar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.ni.ˈmaɾ/ · frequency rank #10,646*
dar animação a

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/agitar-vs-animar