verb

animar

To encourage or cheer someone up; to give energy, confidence, or enthusiasm

Te animo.

La música anima la fiesta.

Forms

present yoanimo

I encourage / I cheer up

preterite yoanimé

I encouraged / I cheered up

future yoanimaré

I will encourage

imperative tuanima

(you) encourage / cheer up (informal command)

gerundanimando

encouraging / cheering up

past participleanimado

encouraged / lively