desactivar
Portuguese, verb
desactivar is spelled D-E-S-A-C-T-I-V-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,152nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desactivar is a Portuguese verb meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of desativar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does desactivar mean in English?
verb
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pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of desativar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desactivar
- desactivo first-person present singular
- desactivei first-person preterite singular
- desactivado participle past
- desactivares infinitive second-person singular
- desactivarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desactivardes infinitive plural second-person
- desactivarem infinitive plural third-person
- desactivando gerund
- desactivados masculine participle past
- desactivada feminine participle past
- desactivadas feminine participle past
- desactivas indicative present second-person
- desactiva indicative present singular
- desactivamos first-person indicative plural
- desactivais indicative plural present
- desactivam indicative plural present
- desactivava first-person imperfect indicative
- desactivavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to desactivar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desactivar in Portuguese?
desactivar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).