ánima

See also: anima, animá, ànima, animà, animâ, and ânima

Galician

Alternative forms

• anima (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin anima. Doublet of alma.

Noun

ánima f (plural ánimas)

1. soul, especially of the dead

   Synonym: alma

Portuguese

Noun

ánima f (plural ánimas)

1. Alternative spelling of anima

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anima. Compare alma, a doublet inherited from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanima/ [ˈa.ni.ma]
• Rhymes: -anima
• Syllabification: á‧ni‧ma

Noun

ánima f (plural ánimas)

1. soul

   Synonym: alma

2. bore, calibre

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el ánima, un ánima

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Related terms

• animal
• animar
• animismo
• animista
• ánimo

 

Descendants

• Highland Popoluca: a̱namaj
• Mezquital Otomi: animä
• Oluta Popoluca: a̱nima

Further reading

• “ánima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014