negativo
English
Etymology
Particle
negativo
- (colloquial, rare) No.
- 1994 March 12, Greg Skinner, quoting Bill Dickson, “Songwriter looking for publicity”, in rec.music.compose[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 4 January 2026:
- There is just tooooo much great music that is produced and denied to the public because of the over commercialization of this industry. Do I want to make enough money to exist as a musicain[sic]/songwriter...YES! Do I want to be rich and attand the Grammy show and make an ass out of myself.....NEGATIVO!
- 2001 May 27, Rizla Ranger (Re-Energised) UK, “Looking for labels to send demos to”, in alt.music.jungle[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 4 January 2026:
- Neg! Neg! Negativo, my lil' fat buddy...! You've yet again proved it's always worthwhile to Lurk before you Jerk
- 2018 October 13, bruce56@topmail.co.nz, “The Doctrix”, in rec.arts.drwho[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 4 January 2026:
- I have been waiting for some of the conservative threatened males to use that in their rants, but negativo.
Asturian
Adjective
negativo
- neuter of negativu
Galician
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
negativo (feminine negativa, masculine plural negativos, feminine plural negativas)
Noun
negativo m (plural negativos)
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne.ɡaˈti.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧tì‧vo
Adjective
negativo (feminine negativa, masculine plural negativi, feminine plural negative, superlative negativissimo)
Derived terms
Noun
negativo m (plural negativi)
Further reading
- negativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɛ.ɡaːˈtiː.woː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ne.ɡaˈtiː.vo]
Adjective
negātīvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of negātīvus
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin negātīvus. By surface analysis, negar + -tivo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ne.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ne.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɨ.ɡɐˈti.vu/ [nɨ.ɣɐˈti.vu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /nɨ.ɡɐˈti.bu/ [nɨ.ɣɐˈti.βu]
Audio (Brazil): (file) - Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ti‧vo
Adjective
negativo (feminine negativa, masculine plural negativos, feminine plural negativas)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:negativo.
Noun
negativo m (plural negativos)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:negativo.
Adverb
negativo
- (formal) no
- Synonym: não
- Antonyms: positivo, afirmativo, sim
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
negativo
- first-person singular present indicative of negativar
Further reading
- “negativo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “negativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neɡaˈtibo/ [ne.ɣ̞aˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: ne‧ga‧ti‧vo
Adjective
negativo (feminine negativa, masculine plural negativos, feminine plural negativas)
Derived terms
Noun
negativo m (plural negativos)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “negativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025