animar.
to cheer someone up (to make someone stop being sad)
Meaning & usage
to cheer someone up (to make someone stop being sad)
Comprei um jogo para animar meu amigo.
to cheer up (to stop being sad)
Fui ver um filme para me animar.
to inspire; to enliven
A descoberta dos novos poços de petróleo animou o mercado.
to animate (to give the appearance of motion to)
O desenhista mandou os quadros para eu animar.
to resuscitate (to restore conscience to)
Reanimaram a vítima com um desfibrilador.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin animārebor. Portuguese animar Borrowed from Latin animāre.
eye dialect spelling of animal, representing Caipira Portuguese
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