Meaning
to enliven, animate
- to animate
- to enliven
- to encourage
In a sentence
La musica dal vivo ha animato la festa.
The live music livened up the party.
La musica ha animato subito la festa.
The music livened up the party right away.
Puoi animare un po' il gruppo oggi?
Can you cheer up the group a bit today?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| animare | infinitive |
| animiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| animo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| animate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| animi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| animano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| anima | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| animavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| animavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| animavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| animavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| animavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| animava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| animammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| animai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| animaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| animasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| animarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| animò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| animeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| animerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| animerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| animerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| animeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| animerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| animiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| animi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| animiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| animi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| animino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| animi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| animassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| animassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| animaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| animassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| animassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| animasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| animeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| animerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| animereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| animeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| animerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| animerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| animiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| animate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| anima | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| animando | gerund |
| animato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use animare for giving energy to a party, discussion, or event; ravvivare is closer to refreshing or brightening something dull.
- For motivating people, incoraggiare is usually clearer. Animare sounds more like energizing a group or atmosphere than giving personal support.
- Usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha animato la serata. Reflexive animarsi means 'to liven up' or 'become heated.'