habilitar

Borrowed from Latin habilitāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βi.liˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bi.liˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.bi.liˈtaɾ]

habilitar (first-person singular present habilito, first-person singular preterite habilití, past participle habilitat)

1. to enable (to give strength or ability to)
2. to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)

• habilitació
• rehabilitar

• “habilitar”, 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
• “habilitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “habilitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “habilitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin habilitāre.

habilitar (first-person singular present habilito, first-person singular preterite habilitei, past participle habilitado)

1. to enable, to allow

• habilitação
• habilitador
• reabilitar

• hábil

• “habilitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin habilitāre.

• IPA^(key): /abiliˈtaɾ/ [a.β̞i.liˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ha‧bi‧li‧tar

habilitar (first-person singular present habilito, first-person singular preterite habilité, past participle habilitado)

1. to enable (to give strength or ability to)
2. to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)

   Synonym: activar

   Antonym: deshabilitar

3. (business) to finance

• “habilitar”, 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