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Ativa is a word in Portuguese that serves as both an adjective and a verb form. As an adjective, ativa is the feminine singular form of ativo, meaning active, in operation, or energetic. It modifies feminine nouns, for example, uma pessoa ativa or uma máquina ativa. The masculine singular is ativo, and the plural forms are ativos (masculine) and ativas (feminine).

As a verb form, ativa is the third-person singular present indicative of the verb ativar, meaning to activate or turn on. For example, ele ativa o equipamento means he activates or turns on the equipment. In many contexts, it also appears as the affirmative imperative in informal speech, such as ativa o equipamento or simply ativa, meaning “activate” or “turn on.”

Etymology and usage context: ativa derives from Latin activus, through the Portuguese ativo/ativa pair. In everyday language, the term appears in phrases describing things that are currently functioning or enabled, such as sistemas ativos (active systems) or recursos ativos (active features).

Summary: ativa primarily functions as the feminine form of the adjective active and as a verb form related to ativar, used to express activation or being in operation in Portuguese.