# animar vs ânimo

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ânimo
*intj · IPA /ˈɐ.ni.mu/ · frequency rank #11,571*
coragem, força

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