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estimular — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • encourage verb To give someone confidence, support, or hope.
  • excite verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
  • exhilarate verb To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
  • further verb To help advance or promote something.
  • galvanize verb To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.
  • heat noun The energy or sensation of high temperature; warmth.
  • spur noun A spiked device worn on a rider's boot heel to urge a horse forward.
  • stimulate verb To encourage activity, growth, or interest.
  • whet verb To sharpen a blade or tool by rubbing it against a stone.

Senses

estimular is used for these senses in English:

  • encourage To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
  • excite (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
  • exhilarate (transitive) To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
  • further (transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
  • galvanize (figurative) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.
  • heat (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
  • spur (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
  • whet (transitive) To stimulate or make more keen.

excite — full definition

  1. verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
  2. verb In physics, to push an electron up to a higher energy level, or to energize a magnet so it produces a field.

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