desactivado
Portuguese, adjective/de.za.t͡ʃiˈva.du/
desactivado is spelled D-E-S-A-C-T-I-V-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desactivado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of desativado; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desactivar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide desativado”.
What does desactivado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of desativado; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
past participle of desactivar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vide desativado
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 desactivado
- desactivada feminine
- desactivados masculine plural
- desactivadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desactivado?
- Brazil /de.za.t͡ʃiˈva.du/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.za.t͡ʃiˈva.du/
- Portugal /dɨ.za.tiˈva.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desactivado in Portuguese?
desactivado appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).