activar

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 actīvus.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ək.tiˈva/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ək.tiˈba/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ak.tiˈvaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

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

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

1. Superseded spelling of ativar.

• activação f
• actividade
• activismo
• activo

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

• IPA^(key): /aɡtiˈbaɾ/, [aɣt̪iˈβaɾ]

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)

• activación
• desactivar

• “activar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.