stato d'animo
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “state of soul”.
Noun[edit]
stato d'animo m (plural stati d'animo)
- state of mind; mood
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 27, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- ... anche questa volta apprezzai la disponibilità di Joe a opporsi allo stato d'animo prevalente e a fare domande difficili...
- ... I appreciated Joe’s willingness to buck the prevailing mood and ask tough questions...
- (literally, “... even this time I appreciated Joe's willingness to oppose the prevailing mood and to ask difficult questions...”)