positivo

Dutch

Etymology

From positief +‎ -o, coined by Dutch comedians Van Kooten & De Bie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpoː.ziˈti.voː/

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• Hyphenation: po‧si‧ti‧vo

Noun

positivo m (plural positivo's)

1. (Netherlands, informal) a person with a positive mindset

   Opa Ivo is een echte positivo.

   Grandpa Ivo is a really cheery bloke.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin positīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.ziˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: po‧si‧tì‧vo

Adjective

positivo (feminine positiva, masculine plural positivi, feminine plural positive)

1. positive

   Antonym: negativo

Derived terms

• positivamente
• positivismo
• positività
• positivizzarsi

 

Further reading

• positivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /po.siˈtiː.u̯oː/, [pɔs̠ɪˈt̪iːu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.siˈti.vo/, [pos̬iˈt̪iːvo]

Adjective

positīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of positīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin posītīvus (“positive”), from the past participle stem of pōnō (“to place”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.ziˈt͡ʃi.vu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.ziˈti.vu/

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

• Hyphenation: po‧si‧ti‧vo

Adjective

positivo (feminine positiva, masculine plural positivos, feminine plural positivas, not comparable)

1. affirmative (asserting that something is true)

   Synonyms: afirmativo, confirmador, confirmante, confirmativo, confirmatório

   Antonym: negativo

2. (mathematics, of a number) positive (greater than zero)

   Antonym: negativo

3. (physics): positive (having more protons than electrons)

   Antonym: negativo

4. (comparable) positive (characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better)

   Synonym: construtivo

5. (comparable) optimistic

   Synonyms: otimista, otimístico

   Antonyms: pessimista, pessimístico

6. (grammar) positive (describing the primary sense of a word; not comparative or superlative, not augmentative or diminutive)

   Coordinate terms: aumentativo, comparativo, diminutivo, superlativo

Related terms

• impositivo
• positivação
• positivado
• positivamente
• positivar
• positividade
• positivismo
• positivista
• pósitron
• positrônio

 

Interjection

positivo

1. (formal) yes

   Synonyms: afirmativo, sim

   Antonyms: negativo, não

Further reading

• “positivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin positīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /posiˈtibo/ [po.siˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: po‧si‧ti‧vo

Adjective

positivo (feminine positiva, masculine plural positivos, feminine plural positivas)

1. positive

   Antonym: negativo

Derived terms

• discriminación positiva
• lado positivo
• positivamente
• positividad
• signo positivo
• VIH positivo

 

Verb

positivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of positivar

Further reading

• “positivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10