ativo

Galician

Verb

ativo

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ater

Karelian

Regional variants of ativo

North Karelian (Viena)	ativo
South Karelian (Tver)	adivo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑtʲiʋo/
• Hyphenation: a‧ti‧vo

Noun

ativo (genitive ativon, partitive ativuo)

1. (North Karelian) guest

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of ativo (type 1/tyttö, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ativo	ativot
genitive	ativon	ativojen
partitive	ativuo	ativoja
illative	ativoh	ativoloih
inessive	ativošša	ativoloissa
elative	ativošta	ativoloista
adessive	ativolla	ativoloilla
ablative	ativolta	ativoloilta
translative	ativokši	ativoloiksi
essive	ativona	ativoloina
comitative	—	ativoloineh
abessive	ativotta	ativoloitta
prolative	—	—
instructive	—	ativoloin

Possessive forms of ativo
1st person	ativoni
2nd person	ativoš
3rd person	ativoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

• (North Karelian) vieraš, kostʹa; (South Karelian) gosʹtʹa

References

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “гость”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• activo (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈti.bu/ [aˈti.βu]

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: a‧ti‧vo

Etymology 1

From earlier autivo, from Latin actīvus (“active”).

Adjective

ativo (feminine ativa, masculine plural ativos, feminine plural ativas)

1. active
2. (slang, LGBTQ, BDSM) top (of or relating to the dominant partner in a sexual relationship, usually the one who penetrates)

   Antonym: passivo

Derived terms

• ativar
• atividade
• ativamente

Noun

ativo m (plural ativos)

1. asset (something or someone of any value)
2. (slang, LGBTQ, BDSM) top, pitcher (a dominant partner in a sexual relationship, usually the one who penetrates)

   Antonym: passivo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ativo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ativar

Further reading

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