negativo

English

Etymology

From negative +‎ -o.

Particle

negativo

1. (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

1. neuter of negativu

Galician

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

negativo (feminine negativa, masculine plural negativos, feminine plural negativas)

1. negative

Noun

negativo m (plural negativos)

1. (photography) negative

Italian

Etymology

From Latin negātīvus.

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)

1. negative
2. (figurative) dismal

Derived terms

• negativamente
• negatività

Noun

negativo m (plural negativi)

1. (photography) negative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• agentivo, giovante, vengiato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [nɛ.ɡaːˈtiː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ne.ɡaˈtiː.vo]

Adjective

negātīvō

1. 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/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨ.ɡɐˈti.vu/ [nɨ.ɣɐˈti.vu]

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

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ti‧vo

Adjective

negativo (feminine negativa, masculine plural negativos, feminine plural negativas)

1. negative

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:negativo.

Noun

negativo m (plural negativos)

1. (photography) negative
2. (mathematics) minus sign

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:negativo.

Adverb

negativo

1. (formal) no

   Synonym: não

   Antonyms: positivo, afirmativo, sim

Related terms

• negar
• negativismo

Etymology 2

Verb

negativo

1. 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

From Latin negātīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɡaˈtibo/ [ne.ɣ̞aˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: ne‧ga‧ti‧vo

Adjective

negativo (feminine negativa, masculine plural negativos, feminine plural negativas)

1. negative

Derived terms

• presión negativa
• signo negativo
• VIH negativo

Noun

negativo m (plural negativos)

1. (mathematics) minus sign
2. (photography) negative

Derived terms

• falso negativo

Related terms

• negar
• negativa
• negatividad

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