# activar
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aktiˈbaɾ/ [ak.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)

#### Related terms

* actividá

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin āctīvus.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activí, 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

#### 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, 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.

## 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)

#### Derived terms

* activación
* desactivar

#### Related terms

* activo

### Further reading

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

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

activar
* to activate

#### Related terms

* actiu
* activitat

## Portuguese
### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* activação
* actividade
* activismo
* activo

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɡtiˈbaɾ/ [aɣ̞.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* 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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* activación
* desactivar

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10