atividade

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• actividade (pre-1990 spelling)

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 ἐνεργητικός (energētikós)sl.

Latin āctīvus

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Medieval Latin āctīvitātemlbor.

Portuguese atividade

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin āctīvitātem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃi.viˈda.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ti.viˈda.dɨ/ [ɐ.ti.viˈða.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ti.viˈda.dɨ/ [ɐ.ti.viˈða.ðɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ti.biˈda.dɨ/ [ɐ.ti.βiˈða.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ti.viˈda.dɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃi.vi.ˈdaː.di/
• Hyphenation: a‧ti‧vi‧da‧de

Noun

atividade f (plural atividades)

1. activity (something done as an action or a movement)

   Synonym: ação

2. (uncountable) activity (the state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force)

   Synonyms: diligência, energia, vivacidade

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:atividade.

Related terms

• ativo

Further reading

• “atividade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “atividade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026