activar
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡtiˈbaɾ/, [aɣ̞.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
Verb
activar (first-person singular indicative present activo, past participle activáu)
- to activate (to make something active)
- to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Conjugation
Conjugation of activar
| infinitive | activar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | activando | ||||||
| past participle | m activáu, f activada, n activao, m pl activaos, f pl activaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | activo | actives | activa | activamos | activáis | activen |
| imperfect | activaba | activabes | activaba | activábemos, activábamos | activabeis, activabais | activaben | |
| preterite | activé | activasti, activesti | activó | activemos | activastis, activestis | activaron | |
| pluperfect | activare, activara | activares, activaras | activare, activara | activáremos, activáramos | activareis, activarais | activaren, activaran | |
| future | activaré | activarás | activará | activaremos | activaréis | activarán | |
| conditional | activaría | activaríes | activaría | activaríemos, activaríamos | activaríeis, activaríais | activaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | active | actives, activas | active | activemos | activéis | activen, activan |
| imperfect | activare, activara | activares, activaras | activare, activara | activáremos, activáramos | activareis, activarais | activaren, activaran | |
| imperative | — | activa | — | — | activái | — | |
Related terms
- actividá
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin actīvus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ək.tiˈva/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ək.tiˈba/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ak.tiˈvaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
activar (first-person singular present activo, past participle activat)
- to activate (to make something active)
- Antonym: desactivar
- to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- Antonym: desactivar
Conjugation
Conjugation of activar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | activar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | 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 | |
| — | activa | activi | activem | activeu | activin | ||
Derived terms
- activació
- desactivar
Further reading
- “activar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “activar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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)
- (transitive) to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)
- (transitive) to activate, to enable (to put a mechanism, device or system into action or motion)
- Antonym: desactivar
- (transitive, chemistry, physics) to activate (to render more reactive)
Conjugation
Conjugation of activar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | activar | |||||
| personal | activar | activares | activar | activarmos | activardes | activaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| activando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | activado | activados | ||||
| feminine | activada | activadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | activo | activas | activa | activamos | activades | activan |
| imperfect | activaba | activabas | activaba | activabamos | activabades | activaban |
| preterite | activei | activaches | activou | activamos | activastes | activaron |
| pluperfect | activara | activaras | activara | activaramos | activarades | activaran |
| future | activarei | activarás | activará | activaremos | activaredes | activarán |
| conditional | activaría | activarías | activaría | activariamos | activariades | activarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | active | actives | active | activemos | activedes | activen |
| preterite | activase | activases | activase | activásemos | activásedes | activasen |
| future | activar | activares | activar | activarmos | activardes | activaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | activa | active | activemos | activade | activen |
| negative | – | actives | active | activemos | activedes | activen |
Derived terms
- activación
- desactivar
Related terms
- activo
Further reading
- “activar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Occitan
Pronunciation
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Verb
activar
- to activate
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| 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 | ||||
Auvernhàs| 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 | ||||
Gascon| 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 | ||||
Lemosin| 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 | ||||
Provençau| 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
- actiu
- activitat
Portuguese
Verb
activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activei, past participle activado)
- Superseded spelling of ativar. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of activar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | activar | |||||
| Personal | activar | activares | activar | activarmos | activardes | activarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| activando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | activado | activados | ||||
| Feminine | activada | activadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | activo | activas | activa | activamos | activais | activam |
| Imperfect | activava | activavas | activava | activávamos | activáveis | activavam |
| Preterite | activei | activaste | activou | activamos1, activámos2 | activastes | activaram |
| Pluperfect | activara | activaras | activara | activáramos | activáreis | activaram |
| Future | activarei | activarás | activará | activaremos | activareis | activarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| activaria | activarias | activaria | activaríamos | activaríeis | activariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | active | actives | active | activemos | activeis | activem |
| Imperfect | activasse | activasses | activasse | activássemos | activásseis | activassem |
| Future | activar | activares | activar | activarmos | activardes | activarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | activa | active | activemos | activai | activem | |
| Negative (não) | não actives | não active | não activemos | não activeis | não activem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- activação f
- actividade
- activismo
- activo
Spanish
Etymology
From activo (“active”), from Latin actīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡtiˈbaɾ/ [aɣ̞.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ac‧ti‧var
Verb
activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activé, past participle activado)
- (transitive) to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)
- (transitive) to activate, to enable (to put a mechanism, device or system into action or motion)
- Synonym: habilitar
- Antonym: desactivar
- (transitive, chemistry, physics) to activate (to render more reactive)
Conjugation
Conjugation of activar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | activar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | activando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | activado | activada | |||||
| plural | activados | activadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | activo | activastú activásvos | activa | activamos | activáis | activan | |
| imperfect | activaba | activabas | activaba | activábamos | activabais | activaban | |
| preterite | activé | activaste | activó | activamos | activasteis | activaron | |
| future | activaré | activarás | activará | activaremos | activaréis | activarán | |
| conditional | activaría | activarías | activaría | activaríamos | activaríais | activarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | active | activestú activésvos2 | active | activemos | activéis | activen | |
| imperfect (ra) | activara | activaras | activara | activáramos | activarais | activaran | |
| imperfect (se) | activase | activases | activase | activásemos | activaseis | activasen | |
| future1 | activare | activares | activare | activáremos | activareis | activaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | activatú activávos | active | activemos | activad | activen | ||
| negative | no actives | no active | no activemos | no activéis | no activen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of activar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive activar | |||||||
| dative | activarme | activarte | activarle, activarse | activarnos | activaros | activarles, activarse | |
| accusative | activarme | activarte | activarlo, activarla, activarse | activarnos | activaros | activarlos, activarlas, activarse | |
| with gerund activando | |||||||
| dative | activándome | activándote | activándole, activándose | activándonos | activándoos | activándoles, activándose | |
| accusative | activándome | activándote | activándolo, activándola, activándose | activándonos | activándoos | activándolos, activándolas, activándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative activa | |||||||
| dative | actívame | actívate | actívale | actívanos | not used | actívales | |
| accusative | actívame | actívate | actívalo, actívala | actívanos | not used | actívalos, actívalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative activá | |||||||
| dative | activame | activate | activale | activanos | not used | activales | |
| accusative | activame | activate | activalo, activala | activanos | not used | activalos, activalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative active | |||||||
| dative | actíveme | not used | actívele, actívese | actívenos | not used | actíveles | |
| accusative | actíveme | not used | actívelo, actívela, actívese | actívenos | not used | actívelos, actívelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative activemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | activémoste | activémosle | activémonos | activémoos | activémosles | |
| accusative | not used | activémoste | activémoslo, activémosla | activémonos | activémoos | activémoslos, activémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative activad | |||||||
| dative | activadme | not used | activadle | activadnos | activaos | activadles | |
| accusative | activadme | not used | activadlo, activadla | activadnos | activaos | activadlos, activadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative activen | |||||||
| dative | actívenme | not used | actívenle | actívennos | not used | actívenles, actívense | |
| accusative | actívenme | not used | actívenlo, actívenla | actívennos | not used | actívenlos, actívenlas, actívense | |
Derived terms
- activación
- desactivar
Further reading
- “activar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014