aktivovali

Aktivovali is the past tense, third-person plural form of the verb aktivovat in Czech and Slovak, meaning to activate or to enable. It is used to describe a completed action by multiple subjects, such as a group turning on a feature, enabling a service, or activating a device. The form is common in technical, administrative, and everyday language.

In practice, aktivovat is used across contexts ranging from information technology to logistics. Examples include: Oni aktivovali účet (They activated the account), Oni aktivovali novou funkci (They activated the new function), and Systém byl aktivován; aktivovali ho po restartu (The system was activated after the restart). The exact tense form may vary with gender in some dialects or languages, but aktivovali is widely recognized as the masculine or mixed-gender plural past form in Czech and Slovak.

Etymology and related forms: Aktivovali derives from the adjective aktivní with the verb-forming suffix -ovat, creating a verb meaning “to make active.” The root aktiv- is linked to cognates in many languages, such as English activate, French activer, and German aktivieren, reflecting common international borrowings and a shared semantic field around activation and activation processes. Related terms include aktivace (activation) and aktivní (active).