negative Significado & definición

Significado de negative en español

• 0 with the meaning ‘no’ or ‘not’ -- negativo

  • We received a negative response to our request.

• 1 not hopeful or not interested -- negativo

  • She has a negative attitude to her work.

• 2 A negative sentence or phrase is one that contains a word such as ‘not’, ‘no’, ‘never’, or ‘nothing’. -- negativo

  • ‘I’ve never seen him in my life’ is a negative sentence.

  • ‘Don’t’ and ‘do not’ are negative forms of ‘do’.

• 3 A negative effect is bad and causes damage to something. -- negativo

  • Terrorism has had a negative effect on tourism in the region.

• 4 A negative number is less than zero. -- negativo

• 5 a piece of film from which a photograph is made -- negativo

• 6 focusing on bad things rather than good -- negativo/va [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • a negative view of life una visión negativa de la vida

• 7 bad or harmful -- negativo/va [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • The situation had a negative effect on the economy. La situación tuvo un efecto negativo en la economía.

• 8 showing that sb does not have an illness, condition, or drug present in their body -- negativo [ masculine, singular ]

  • The pregnancy test was negative. La prueba de embarazo dio negativo.

  • to test negative for drugs dar negativo en drogas

• 9 in grammar, relating to sth that expresses the idea of “no” or “not” -- forma negativa [ feminine, singular ]

  • a negative clause una oración en forma negativa

• 10 (of a number) being less than zero -- menos [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • Five minus six is negative one. Cinco menos seis da menos uno.

• 11 sth that means “no” -- negativo/va [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • He replied in the negative. Él dio una respuesta negativa.

• 12 an image used to produce a photograph in which dark things look light and light things look dark -- negativo [ masculine, singular ]

  • She was looking at the negatives. Ella estaba mirando los negativos.