"Abatir el ånimo"

Question

Hi every one,

I have seen this expression in one of my spanish books. And the English translation is provided as "to feel discouraged/low in spirit" .. which makes sense to me because I know that abatir means "to knock down" and el ånimo means mood or vitality or encouragement. But I am not sure on how to use this expression in practical situations.

Do we need to consider the dejected one as the subject for the purpose of conjugating abrir or do we consider the reason/cause as the subject(THE way it works with gustar, encantar, doler etc.)

So do I say, Abato el ånimo debido a mi enfermedad.

Or do I say, mi enfermedad me ha abatido el ánimo.

To me the second way makes more sense because the first one literally means that I have stiffled or killed my own spirit of joy or hapiness.

Please help. Thanks much.

Answer 1

La segunda frase esta perfecta "mi enfermedad me ha abatido el ánimo" y la traducción es esa también "to feel discouraged/low in spirit" así es como debes usarla.

Tengo el animo abatido
A veces me siento con el animo abatido
¿Como levantar el animo abatido?

Estos son algunos ejemplos más : )

muchas gracias .. es una respuesta fabulosa .. :) - 00b055e0, Mar 21, 2014

Hola guapo.:) - rac1, Mar 21, 2014

Hola Annie guapa :) - Neox, Mar 22, 2014