activar

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aktiˈbaɾ/ [ak.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ac‧ti‧var

Verb

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)

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 actiu +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ək.tiˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ək.tiˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ak.tiˈvaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ak.tiˈβa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. to activate (to make something active)

   Antonym: desactivar

2. to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)

   Antonym: desactivar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of activar (first 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

• activable
• activació
• activador
• desactivar

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.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “activar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Verb

activar (first-person singular present activo, first-person singular preterite activei, 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)

   Antonym: desactivar

3. (transitive, chemistry, physics) to activate (to render more reactive)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of activar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	activar
Personal	activar	activares	activar	activarmos	activardes	activaren
Gerund
	activando
Past participle
Masculine	activado			activados
Feminine	activada			activadas
Indicative
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
Present	active	actives	active	activemos	activedes	activen
Imperfect	activase	activases	activase	activásemos	activásedes	activasen
Future	activar	activares	activar	activarmos	activardes	activaren
Imperative
Affirmative		activa	active	activemos	activade	activen
Negative (non)		non actives	non active	non activemos	non activedes	non activen

Derived terms

• activación
• desactivar

Related terms

• activo

Further reading

• “activar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

activar

1. 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)

1. 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 misspelling

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

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• activação
• actividade
• activismo
• activo

Further reading

• “activar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)

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)

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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025