actividad

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

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Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl.

Latin āctīvus

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin āctīvitātembor.

Spanish actividad

Borrowed from Latin āctīvitātem. By surface analysis, activo +‎ -idad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡtibiˈdad/ [aɣ̞.t̪i.β̞iˈð̞að̞]

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• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: ac‧ti‧vi‧dad

Noun

actividad f (plural actividades)

1. activity (state of being active)

   Antonym: inactividad

2. activity (something done as an action)

Derived terms

• actividad específica
• en actividad

Related terms

• activo

Descendants

• → Cebuano: aktibidad
• ⇒ Tagalog: aktibidades

Further reading

• “actividad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025