activar
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aktiˈbaɾ/ [ak.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]Category:Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation#ACTIVAR
- Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/aɾ#ACTIVARCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/aɾ/3 syllables#ACTIVAR
- Syllabification: ac‧ti‧var
Verb
activar (first-person singular indicative present activo, past participle activáu)Category:Asturian lemmas#ACTIVARCategory:Asturian verbs#ACTIVARCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with entries#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ACTIVAR
- to activate (to make something active)
- to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Conjugation
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#ACTIVAR āctīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ək.tiˈβa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ACTIVAR
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ək.tiˈva]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ACTIVAR
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ak.tiˈvaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ACTIVAR
Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#ACTIVARAudio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)#ACTIVARCategory:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/3 syllables#ACTIVAR
Verb
activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activí, past participle activat)Category:Catalan lemmas#ACTIVARCategory:Catalan verbs#ACTIVARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#ACTIVARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with entries#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ACTIVAR
- to activate (to make something active)
- Antonym: desactivar
- to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- Antonym: desactivar
Conjugation
| infinitive | activar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | activant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | activat | activada | |||||
| plural | activats | activades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | activo | actives | activa | activem | activeu | activen | |
| imperfect | activava | activaves | activava | activàvem | activàveu | activaven | |
| future | activaré | activaràs | activarà | activarem | activareu | activaran | |
| preterite | activí | activares | activà | activàrem | activàreu | activaren | |
| conditional | activaria | activaries | activaria | activaríem | activaríeu | activarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | activi | activis | activi | activem | activeu | activin | |
| imperfect | activés | activessis | activés | activéssim | activéssiu | activessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | activa | activi | activem | activeu | activin | |
| negative (no) | — | no activis | no activi | no activem | no activeu | no activin | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “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, 2026
- “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.
Galician
Verb
activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activei, past participle activado)Category:Galician lemmas#ACTIVARCategory:Galician verbs#ACTIVARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#ACTIVARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with entries#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ACTIVAR
- (transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#ACTIVAR) to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)
- (transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#ACTIVAR) to activate, to enable (to put a mechanism, device or system into action or motion)
- Antonym: desactivar
- (transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#ACTIVAR, chemistryCategory:gl:Chemistry#ACTIVAR, physicsCategory:gl:Physics#ACTIVAR) to activate (to render more reactive)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “activar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Occitan
Pronunciation
Verb
activarCategory:Occitan lemmas#ACTIVARCategory:Occitan verbs#ACTIVARCategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with entries#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ACTIVARCategory:Occitan first group verbs#ACTIVAR
- to activate
Conjugation
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | activar | aver activat | |||||
| gerund | activant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | activat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | activi | activas | activa | activam | activatz | activan | |
| imperfect | activavi | activavas | activava | activàvem | activàvetz | activavan | |
| preterite | activèri | activères | activèt | activèrem | activèretz | activèron | |
| future | activarai | activaràs | activarà | activarem | activaretz | activaràn | |
| conditional | activariái | activariás | activariá | activariam | activariatz | activarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | activèra | activèras | activèra | activeram | activeratz | activèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | active | actives | active | activem | activetz | activen | |
| imperfect | activèssi | activèsses | activèsse | activèssem | activèssetz | activèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| activa | activem | activatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | activar | aver activat | |||||
| gerund | activant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | activat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | active | actives | activa | activam | activatz | activon | |
| imperfect | activave | activaves | activava | activaviam | activaviatz | activavon | |
| preterite | activere | activeres | activet | activem | activetz | activeron | |
| future | activarai | activaràs | activará | activarem | activaretz | activarán | |
| conditional | activariá | activariás | activariá | activariam | activariatz | activarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | activèra | activèras | activèra | activeram | activeratz | activèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | active | actives | active | activassiam | activassiatz | activon | |
| imperfect | activesse | activesses | activesse | activessiam | activessiatz | activesson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| activa | activassiam | activatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | activar | aver activat | |||||
| gerund | activant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | activat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | activi | activas | activa | activam | activatz | activan | |
| imperfect | activavi | activavas | activava | activàvam | activàvatz | activavan | |
| preterite | activèi | activès | activè | activèm | activètz | activèn | |
| future | activarèi | activaràs | activarà | activaram | activaratz | activaràn | |
| conditional | activarí | activarés | activaré | activarem | activaretz | activarén | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | activèra | activèras | activèra | activeram | activeratz | activèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | activi | actives | active | activem | activetz | activen | |
| imperfect | activèssi | activèsses | activèsse | activèssem | activèssetz | activèssen | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| activa | activem | activatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | activar | aver activat | |||||
| gerund | activant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | activat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | active | activas | activa | activam | activatz | activan | |
| imperfect | activava | activavas | activava | activàvam | activàvatz | activavan | |
| preterite | activei | activeras | activet | activèram | activèratz | activeran | |
| future | activarai | activaràs | activará | activarem | activaretz | activarán | |
| conditional | activariá | activariàs | activariá | activariam | activariatz | activarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | activèra | activèras | activèra | activeram | activeratz | activèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | active | actives | active | activem | activetz | activen | |
| imperfect | activèsse | activèsses | activèsse | activèssem | activèssetz | activèssen | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| activa | activem | activatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | activar | aver activat | |||||
| gerund | activant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | activat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | active | actives | activa | activam | activatz | activan | |
| imperfect | activavi | activavas | activava | activàvem | activàvetz | activavan | |
| preterite | activère | activères | activèt | activeriam | activeriatz | activèron | |
| future | activarai | activaràs | activarà | activarem | activaretz | activaràn | |
| conditional | activariáu | activariás | activariá | activariam | activariatz | activarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | activèra | activèras | activèra | activeram | activeratz | activèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | active | actives | active | activem | activetz | activan | |
| imperfect | activèsse | activèsses | activèsse | activessiam | activessiatz | activèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| activa | activem | activatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Related terms
Portuguese
Verb
activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activei, past participle activado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ACTIVARCategory:Portuguese verbs#ACTIVARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#ACTIVARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with entries#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ACTIVAR
- pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of ativar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspellingCategory:Portuguese forms superseded in 1943#ACTIVARCategory:European Portuguese forms superseded by AO1990#ACTIVARCategory:Portuguese forms superseded by AO1990#ACTIVAR
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “activar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From activo (“active”), from LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#ACTIVAR actīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡtiˈbaɾ/ [aɣ̞.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ACTIVARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ACTIVAR
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#ACTIVARAudio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#ACTIVARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables#ACTIVAR
- Syllabification: ac‧ti‧var
Verb
activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activé, past participle activado)Category:Spanish lemmas#ACTIVARCategory:Spanish verbs#ACTIVARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#ACTIVARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with entries#ACTIVARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ACTIVAR
- (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#ACTIVAR) to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)
- (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#ACTIVAR) to activate, to enable (to put a mechanism, device or system into action or motion)
- Synonym: habilitar
- Antonym: desactivar
- (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#ACTIVAR, chemistryCategory:es:Chemistry#ACTIVAR, physicsCategory:es:Physics#ACTIVAR) to activate (to render more reactive)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “activar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025