activo
Spanish, noun
activo is spelled A-C-T-I-V-O (6 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,450th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Activo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “asset (any property or material right of an enterprise or individual)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of activar. With an accent, activó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of activar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bien con valor contable de los que se puede disponer inmediata o diferidamente”.
What does activo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
active
- 2
up (a website, server, system, etc.; usually used when a website or server was previously "down" but is now back online)
- 3
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noun
- 1
masculineasset (any property or material right of an enterprise or individual)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of activar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of activar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que es capaz de causar efecto o ser fuente de acciones. 2. Que actúa con eficacia, agilidad y presteza. 3. Que requiere de acción. 4. Inclinado a la acción más que a la contemplación o la reflexión.
noun: 1. Bien con valor contable de los que se puede disponer inmediata o diferidamente. 2. Dicho de lo que se compra, que puede ponerse a producir para generar ingresos.
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 activo
- activa feminine
- activos masculine plural
- activas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to activo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is activo in Spanish?
activo appears 35 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).