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Animo Explained

by Tony L. Atayde
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After reading all your posts about the word Animo, I felt that it may be about time to get some first hand info from someone who was atually playing in the NCAA in the 1940s. You may find some links and have your opinions but still nothing beats first hand information.

Explaining what Animo meant to them in the 1940s is Mr. Eduardo “Mendy” Mendieta, the team captain of the 1947 - 48 NCAA Champion La Salle Seniors Basketball Team.

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  • red pride  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 1:13 pm

    pahabol lang..hehehe…i never said that animo is an english word…where did u get that BOBONG bluevultures? check out my posts, BOBO…aral k nga…ay wag na pala, don’t bother…studying won’t help u..it appears u can’t even read properly e…TANGA K, bluevultures…for the last time, TANGA K!!!!…hehehe…

  • red pride  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 12:54 pm

    bluevultures, u r a waste of time..bobo k nga…hehehe…go tell yourself that…it really is useless sharing ideas with a low-life insect of ur kind..aral k p…bye, hopeless case bluevultures..u r worth ignoring..i choose not to dignify ur horseshit by ending this right now…for the last time, BOBO K AT SAYANG LANG ANG ORAS NG KAHIT SINO SA IYO..so far-fetched…hehehe…

    Go, San Beda, fight!
    Red Pride!
    Animo San Beda!

  • bluevultures  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 12:51 pm

    PS. we also don’t mind san beda or ateneo or other schools using animo in their cheers even if the meaning is different from ours. that has always been our stand. to each his own.

    what irked me is this topic should have died a long time ago but a lot of you are still implying that la salle doesn’t even know its cheers, just like lion’s roar’s post.

    and this is my last post as bluevultures kasi in fairness naman to ateneo, a lot of them are not vultures.

  • red pride  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 12:48 pm

    and we will yell our animo cheers to the whole local collegiate basketball world to remind those who are ignorant of the truth and right that Bedans are and always will be a force to reckon with…that we are the Lionkings!

    It is our destiny…nobody can take it away from us…!!!

    Go, San Beda, fight!
    Red Pride!
    Animo San Beda!
    That in all things God may be glorified!

  • bluevultures  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 12:45 pm

    red pride, animo is not english. estupido ka pala. and to say la salle has used it wrongly and san beda is correct, estupido ka ulit. sometimes you can mix words from different languages just like in the way we speak. but it is not formal just like in cheering. so don’t even bother whether there is proper usage or not.

    the way la salle has used animo through the years has changed its meaning. that is what we lasallians have been pointing out and that applies to how lasallians use the word. kaso your thick skulls seem to don’t get what we’re trying to explain all this time.

    it used to be the word filipino applies only to spaniards born in the philippines. and ngayon, it applies to all of us. no law was passed to changed the meaning of filipino. it just happened. the way animo is now synonymous to la salle. same thing with the spanish word “regla”. that means rule. pero iba ang meaning sa atin. so is the “poneta” which means to box. pero to us it has become a cuss word.

    IKAW PALA ANG ESTUPIDO.

  • red pride  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 12:40 pm

    GenoM, i believe the position of the bedan community is that san beda, ateneo and la salle are all entitled to the use of the word ANIMO; what we are against is the rubbish claim by most lasalistas that it is only they who could use it on the flimsy ground that at the present state of things it is more popularly associated with La Salle..well, just because it is popular doesn’t necessarily mean it is right..it has always been my view that the qualities of truth and right ought to prevail over the shallowness of popularity..but i am certain that in the end (though i think it is gonna be sooner!) what is true and right will be popular..this is the natural order of things..we are bedans that’s why we believe in this..pax!

    red pride!
    animo san beda!

  • red pride  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 11:10 am

    hey, bluevultures, y have u suddenly turned mum? come on, share ur worthless piece of crap from ur so so so so so totally so so so so so inferior mind so we well-initiated bedans and ateneans will find how fortunate our respective lots are…anyways, i apologize if i have hurt the feelings of worthy and genuine lasalistas..i don’t really refer to you, guys…i pertain to those among you who foolishly claim that they know everything and arrogantly at that..again, my apologies…

    animo san beda!
    red pride!

  • mas corny  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 7:32 am

    Si Ferdinand Magellan. Teka Taga-Portugal pala siya. Yung mga tauhan niyang Kastila syepmre. Asungot.

  • corny  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 6:54 am

    eh sinong nauna sa arriba? letran, speedy gonzales or jolina? hehe..

  • Sioux  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 3:04 am

    For Bedans and posers, drop it.

    Let them be. If they put different meanings to ANIMO, then so be it.

    This is also good. Why?

    Their ANIMO is neither Spanish nor Latin. Therefore, they are talking about a different word. An invented word totally alien and devoid of etymology wiht no relationship to “Animo San Beda” nor “Animo Ateneo.”

    Let them be. That’s the La Salle way.

  • GenoM  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 12:30 am

    red,

    Let it go dude, they are what they post…they may not even be lasallites…

  • red  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 12:12 am

    What I meant was *some students from different delasale campuses..

  • red  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 26 October 2007 at 12:10 am

    I guess some of the kids posting here are young students from different delasalle campus…

    well, take it as a challege guys. you still have a lot of things to learn.

    1. Be proud of the things you find TRUE.

    2. Learn to ACCEPT FACTS, whether they are positive or negative, pro or against your school.

    3. Remember that your school is also a catholic school. check your VALUES.

    A sample. this is from a lasalista:
    animo la salle
    Saturday, 20th October 2007 at 3:53 am

    Eto na naman etong mga Utenista na to.

    Tangina niyo! Basta kami, we are one La Salle!

    Push the limit Animo Spirit!
    Live Jesus in our hearts! Forever!

    —-> tangina ba nila? tapos live Jesus in our hearts forever? SUS!

    …nakakapanghinayang talaga, sigurado ikinahihiya kayo ng matitinong mga lasalista.

  • GenoM  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 25 October 2007 at 11:52 pm

    Guys,

    To each his own… let’s just do our best to cheer for our schools that way we can show who really is more entitled to the word…

    … and please if you are going to bash, bash the person not the school…

  • red  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 25 October 2007 at 11:49 pm

    ang dami na talagang bobo sa lasalle. nakakapanghinayang…

    i’ve also read posts from some lasallites, they were telling a Bedan to stop bombarding them with facts…

    HUH!? So what do they wanna hear?

    Truth hurts talaga, simpleng SUSPENDED na salita nga lang nasasaktan na sila.

    tsk tsk tsk…

    come on, you can get better than that lasallistas.

    ***Again, I am referring to *SOME* lasallites (or lasalians - ano ba talaga tawag sa kanila!?!?).

  • red pride  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 25 October 2007 at 1:55 pm

    one more thing…u r harping on colloquial usage for your position eyyy?…well bluevultures, colloquial usage is not the proper usage…get that? hayyy naku….do we have to spell that one out for your kind??? sobra na yang kabobohan mo ha…madaya ka na, tanga k pa…may this christmas bring u wisdom..kahit average lang…hehehe….

    go, san beda, fight!!!!

  • red pride  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 25 October 2007 at 1:23 pm

    one more thing…ur harping on colloquial usage for your position eyy?…well bluevultures, colloquial usage is not the proper usage…get that? hayyy naku….do we have to spell that one out for your kind???? sobra na yang kabobohan mo ha….madaya ka na, tanga k pa…may this christmas bring u wisdom..kahit average lang…hehehe….

    go, san beda, fight!!!!

  • red pride  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 25 October 2007 at 12:59 pm

    you kiss-ass bluevultures, it is obviously u who is so dumb..perhaps when it rained intelligence from d heavens, u never got wet..pitty you, u really r a greenie…hehehe….anyways, since i have some time to spare to try to help u out find the light, i guess i should educate you on the word animo..bedans and ateneans clearly know what the word means in accordance with how they respectively use it in their very own and definitely original cheers..again, for bedans, it’s courage; while for the ateneans, school spirit..and they have tons of evidence, whether such be documentary or tradition or usage over a long period of time, to back it up..as for you stupid and surprisingly arrogant (hehehe!) lasalistas, it is all thin air which u cling on to…pity you..u say ur poor breed uses the word animo in the context of the english language???? what the f****ck…it’s horse shit!!!! ANIMO IS NOT AN ENGLISH WORD, YOU MORON!!! SO WHY USE IT THAT WAY???? u make me laugh with your foolishness…mga nag-aaral talaga sa la salle, oo…tsk tsk tsk…aral kayo sa san beda, i guarantee you ur logic will be refined…bata ka pa bluevultures..aral k pa ha…dinadagdagan mo ng katangahan ang mundo e…you errandboy…hehehe….pasensya n, it’s a reality you should face..

    red pride!
    animo san beda!

  • Sioux  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 25 October 2007 at 7:30 am

    Hmmmmmm.

    Why don’t you try a Spanish-English dictionary instead. I hope this can help.

    á·ni·mo
    m.
    1. - spirit
    2. (energía) - energy, vitality
    ¡ánimo! - courage!
    caerse los ánimos - to lose heart
    dar ánimo a - to encourage
    estar ánimos para (tener ánimos para) - to be in the mood to
    http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/entry?lb=e&p=num%3As1510

    Ã?nimo (Spanish m.) soul, mind, courage, intention
    ¡ánimo!, ‘come on!, ‘cheer up!’
    http://www.dolmetsch.com/defsa7.htm

    *ánimo* _m._ courage, spirit
    http://www.mi-direccion.com/contigo-pan-y-cebolla/pan-y-cebolla-24.html

    II excl ¡ánimo!, cheer up!
    http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=animo

    ——————————

    bluevultures
    Thursday, 25th October 2007 at 3:52 am

    lion’s roar, how can the word animo be wrongly used when it’s not even in the english dictionary? and the way we use animo in our cheers is within the context of the english language. it is not a cover up you stupid person! it’s the way we have defined it in the manner we use it in our cheers at la salle. even you at san beda and ateneo have different meanings for the same word. who gave you right to tell lasallians that we have defined it wrongly?

    you’re just another guy who is so STUPID.

    a black man in the u.s. may mean “good� when he says “bad�. it’s colloquial.

  • ¡Ã?nimo San Beda!  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 25 October 2007 at 7:22 am

    bluevulture,

    Use the following on-line Spanish-English Dictionaries:

    á·ni·mo
    m.
    1. - spirit
    2. (energía) - energy, vitality
    ¡ánimo! - courage!
    caerse los ánimos - to lose heart
    dar ánimo a - to encourage
    estar ánimos para (tener ánimos para) - to be in the mood to
    http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/entry?lb=e&p=num%3As1510

    Ã?nimo (Spanish m.) soul, mind, courage, intention
    ¡ánimo!, ‘come on!, ‘cheer up!’
    http://www.dolmetsch.com/defsa7.htm

    *ánimo* _m._ courage, spirit
    http://www.mi-direccion.com/contigo-pan-y-cebolla/pan-y-cebolla-24.html

    II excl ¡ánimo!, cheer up!
    http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=animo

  • ¡Ã?nimo San Beda!  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 25 October 2007 at 7:08 am

    bluevulture.

    Check the Spanish-English Dictionary. I hope this will help also.

    http://animosanbeda.wordpress.com/

    And to all new La Salista’s, just listen to the words of an elder La Sallite. Here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhUafBrku14

    Dude, Animo is and will alwyas will be Spanish.

  • bluevultures  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 25 October 2007 at 3:52 am

    lion’s roar, how can the word animo be wrongly used when it’s not even in the english dictionary? and the way we use animo in our cheers is within the context of the english language. it is not a cover up you stupid person! it’s the way we have defined it in the manner we use it in our cheers at la salle. even you at san beda and ateneo have different meanings for the same word. who gave you right to tell lasallians that we have defined it wrongly?

    you’re just another guy who is so STUPID.

    a black man in the u.s. may mean “good” when he says “bad”. it’s colloquial.

  • lion's roar  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 25 October 2007 at 12:28 am

    ANIMO Spirit to mean LaSalle Spirit (“Push the Limit! Animo Spirit!â€?)…

    is just an EXCUSE to cover up

    for the wrong use of the word.

    ANIMO SAN BEDA!

  • nikki  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 4 October 2007 at 9:40 am

    I am actually amuse by what I have read. After college (1985)I settled in the province and put into practice what I have learned while finding my nitche (trying twenties). Now I operate a small college with 710 students under my wing. But because of my kids who are all monitoring the games despite growing up in the province I find myself addicted to watching every la salle vs. ateneo game. I was trying to look for the cheers so I could join even if I am just watching it from the tube until I encountered this forum. Anyway I just want to say that whoever used it first or whoever wants to contribute facts to enlighten, educate or entertain, Please just do so minus the arrogance . I know all of us are proud of the school/college/university we all come from or belong to. Let us just keep it that way. Let us not be like the senators, congressmen and other politicians who are the main reasons why our country cannot pick up and soar like the performance of our peso. All schools are great I guess it’s a matter of what primary or secondary color is your favorite- BTW CONGRATULATIONS to my fave color green my alma mater. Thanks everyone for entertaining and educating me . ANIMO LA SALLE

  • bobodawiseman  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Wednesday, 3 October 2007 at 12:37 am

    then it must be known.
    inform people.
    animo is spanish. sanbeda is the only true spanish school compared to ateneo and lasalle.
    it makes me mad and sad when we use ANIMO, and i hear people (mostly girls and new lasallians) saying: “ginaya nila la salle”
    its because of UAAP’s commercialism and larger fan base..

  • Animo!  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Tuesday, 2 October 2007 at 3:11 am

    Correct phil.

    Animo in Green pertains to La Salle.
    Animo in Blue pertains to Ateneo.
    Animo in Red pertains to San Beda.

    Boy Pakwan, the meaning of Animo as used by the three schools is already settled. That’s the real issue. Just read the lively discussion. Oldest cheers won’t help in understanding what Animo means.

    Animo Ateneo! = Ateneo School Spirit!

    Animo San Beda! = Courage San Beda!

    Animo La Salle! = La Salle La Salle!(Based on the 2007 shirt “Push the Limit! Animo Spirit!� used by the newer generation)

    Everything is settled as to the meaning word. The three schools use them in different ways.

    Here’s the clip again which was deleted from from the article. According to an elder La Sallite.�Animo means courage…spirit…�. He agrees with both the Atenean and Bedan definition. Younger La Sallites should take note and finally decide what animo means to them. Should they finally recognize Animo as Spanish or a La Salle-speak with their own meaning?

    http://youtube.com/watchv=PtvoJagiSaM

  • phil  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Monday, 1 October 2007 at 1:36 am

    ANIMO written in GREEN would always pertain to La Salle…

  • Polly Wolly Wanna  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 28 September 2007 at 1:19 pm

    Indian Yell - San Beda

    animo!

  • tinapay  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 28 September 2007 at 1:11 pm

    Lasallians, especially the younger ones, are the only ones who say that “animo” is identified with them.

  • Boy Pakwan  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 28 September 2007 at 12:53 pm

    Wow, great debate!

    Quite interesting! Nothing was really settled here… Can I ask can the contributors to give their school oldest cheers and the ones that is being use today.

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Tony L.
Tony L. Atayde

Very Opinionated. Very Green. Hate him. Love Him. It does not matter and he does not care. A Howard Stern in cyberspace. He bleeds Green, He is purely from La Salle – as a former writer and Assistant Vice President for Events of the DLSU Alumni Association. Played basketball and was on the track and field team for La Salle during the NCAA just don't ask what year.