activado
Portuguese, adjective
activado is spelled A-C-T-I-V-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Activado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of ativado; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of activar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se tornou activo”.
What does activado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of ativado; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
past participle of activar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se tornou activo 2. posto em actividade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of activado
- activada feminine
- activados masculine plural
- activadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is activado in Portuguese?
activado appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).