activar

• IPA^(key): /aktiˈbaɾ/ [ak.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ac‧ti‧var

activar (first-person singular indicative present activo, past participle activáu)

1. to activate (to make something active)
2. to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)

• actividá

From Latin āctīvus.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ək.tiˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ək.tiˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ak.tiˈvaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activí, past participle activat)

1. to activate (to make something active)

   Antonym: desactivar

2. to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)

   Antonym: desactivar

• activació
• desactivar

• “activar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “activar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “activar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “activar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activei, past participle activado)

1. (transitive) to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)
2. (transitive) to activate, to enable (to put a mechanism, device or system into action or motion)

   Antonym: desactivar

3. (transitive, chemistry, physics) to activate (to render more reactive)

• activación
• desactivar

• activo

• “activar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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activar

1. to activate

• actiu
• activitat

activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activei, past participle activado)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of ativar. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

From activo (“active”), from Latin actīvus.

• IPA^(key): /aɡtiˈbaɾ/ [aɣ̞.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ac‧ti‧var

activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activé, past participle activado)

1. (transitive) to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)
2. (transitive) to activate, to enable (to put a mechanism, device or system into action or motion)

   Synonym: habilitar

   Antonym: desactivar

3. (transitive, chemistry, physics) to activate (to render more reactive)

• “activar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024