animstato

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Etymology

From animo (soul) +‎ stato (state).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: a‧nim‧sta‧to

Noun

animstato (accusative singular animstaton, plural animstatoj, accusative plural animstatojn)

  1. state of mind, mental state, mood
    • Johán Valano (Claude Piron), Ĉu vi kuiras ĉine?, Ĉapitro 10,
      Tiu vorto ne estis pura aŭtomata eldiro: ĝi esprimis la animstaton de l’detektivo
      The word was not just blurted out automatically: it expressed the detective’s state of mind
    • Mauro Nervi (translation), La Metamorfozo (Die Verwandlung / The Metamorphosis) by Franz Kafka, part II,
      Sed la patro ne estis en ĝusta animstato por rimarki tiajn fajnaĵojn
      But his father was in no mood to notice such subtleties (Stanley Corngold translation, Norton, 1996)
    • Jurij Finkel (translator), La vojo nenien (Дорога никуда / The Road to Nowhere) by Alexander Grin, Part 2, Chapter 7,
      La homo estis en bonega animstato, ĉar li drinkis jam du botelojn da loka flava vino
      The fellow was in an excellent mood, because he had already drunk two bottles of local yellow wine