Meaning of animo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. soul (an immaterial individual essence regarded as the source of life)
2. soul (an individual person or life)
3. soul, driving force (chief instigator or actor)
4. passion and feeling, spirit, mood

Equivalents

Examples

“damnita animo”

a lost soul

“Ni nun tute transdonis niajn animojn al Dio.”

Now we completely gave our souls over to God.

“Ni ne vidis eĉ unu animon sur la stratoj.”

We didn’t see a soul on the streets.

“En la eksplodo pereis preskaŭ tridek animoj.”

Almost thirty souls perished in the explosion.

“Ŝi estis la animo de la asocio.”

She was the driving force behind the association.

“kun facila / freŝa animo”

with a light heart / with a new spirit

“— Pli da animo, kamaradoj, kun animo necesas! Panjo, donu senton!”

the song that was sung with low, melancholy voices under Tolya’s strict order: “More spirit, comrades, it’s got to be [sung] with spirit! Put some feeling into it, Mum!”

CEFR level