activar
Spanish, verb/aɡtiˈbaɾ/
activar is spelled A-C-T-I-V-A-R (7 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,778th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Activar is a Spanish verb meaning “to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer activo. Poner en funcionamiento”.
What does activar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)
- 2
to activate, to enable (to put a mechanism, device or system into action or motion)
- 3
to activate (to render more reactive)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer activo. Poner en funcionamiento.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of activar
- activo first-person present singular
- activé first-person preterite singular
- activado participle past
- activando gerund
- activada feminine participle past
- activados masculine participle past
- activadas feminine participle past
- activas indicative informal present
- activás indicative informal present
- activa indicative present singular
- activamos first-person indicative plural
- activáis indicative plural present
- activan indicative plural present
- activaba first-person imperfect indicative
- activabas imperfect indicative second-person
- activábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- activabais imperfect indicative plural
- activaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce activar?
- /aɡtiˈbaɾ/
- [aɣ̞.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
- [akt̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to activar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is activar in Spanish?
activar appears 6.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).