animador

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ni.məˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ni.maˈðoɾ]
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

animador m (plural animadors, feminine animadora, feminine plural animadores)

1. cheerleader

Anagrams

• dominara, dominarà, minorada

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ni.maˈdoʁ/ [a.ni.maˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ni.maˈdoʁ/ [a.ni.maˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ni.maˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ni.maˈdoʁ/ [a.ni.maˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.ni.maˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ni.mɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.ni.mɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ni.mɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.ni.mɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ni.mɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɐ.ni.mɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧ma‧dor

Adjective

animador (feminine animadora, masculine plural animadores, feminine plural animadoras)

1. heart-warming (eliciting tenderness and sympathy)

Noun

animador m (plural animadores, feminine animadora, feminine plural animadoras)

1. animator (one who animates something)
2. animator (one who creates an animation)

Related terms

• animação
• animar

Further reading

• “animador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “animador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin animātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /animaˈdoɾ/ [a.ni.maˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧ma‧dor

Noun

animador m (plural animadores, feminine animadora, feminine plural animadoras)

1. presenter, host (moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance)
2. entertainer

   Synonym: entretenedor

3. animator
4. cheerleader

   Synonym: porrista

Related terms

• animación
• animar

Further reading

• “animador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish animador, from Late Latin animātor.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔanimaˈdoɾ/ [ʔɐ.n̪ɪ.mɐˈd̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧ma‧dor

Noun

animadór (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜋᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

1. cheerleader; motivator
2. (animation) animator (one who creates an animation or cartoon)

Related terms

• alma
• anima
• animadbersiyon
• animado
• animal
• animas
• animasyon
• anime
• animismo
• animista
• animo
• animosidad
• des-animado
• des-animo
• inanimado

See also

• karikaturista
• kartunist

Further reading

• “animador”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 36