/aˈnimo/
OriginBorrowed from Italian animo, from Latin animus.
- soul (an immaterial individual essence regarded as the source of life)
“damnita animo” — a lost soul
“Ni nun tute transdonis niajn animojn al Dio.” — Now we completely gave our souls over to God.
- soul (an individual person or life)
“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.
- soul, driving force (chief instigator or actor)
“Ŝi estis la animo de la asocio.” — She was the driving force behind the association.
- passion and feeling, spirit, mood
“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!”
Formsanimon(accusative, singular) · animoj(plural) · animojn(accusative, plural)