positivo

== Dutch == === Etymology === From positief +‎ -o, coined by Dutch comedians Van Kooten & De Bie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpoː.ziˈti.voː/ Rhymes: -ivoː Hyphenation: po‧si‧ti‧vo === Noun === positivo m (plural positivo's, no diminutive) (Netherlands, informal) a person with a positive mindset == 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) positive Antonym: negativo ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === positivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Ladino == === Adjective === positivo alternative form of pozitivo == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔ.sɪˈtiː.woː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [po.s̬iˈtiː.vo] === Adjective === positīvō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of positīvus == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin posītīvus (“positive”), from the past participle stem of pōnō (“to place”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: po‧si‧ti‧vo === Adjective === positivo (feminine positiva, masculine plural positivos, feminine plural positivas, not comparable) affirmative (asserting that something is true) Synonyms: afirmativo, confirmador, confirmante, confirmativo, confirmatório Antonym: negativo (mathematics, of a number) positive (greater than zero) Antonym: negativo (physics): positive (having more protons than electrons) Antonym: negativo (comparable) positive (characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better) Synonym: construtivo (comparable) optimistic Synonyms: otimista, otimístico Antonyms: pessimista, pessimístico (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 ==== === Adverb === positivo (formal) yes Synonyms: afirmativo, sim Antonyms: negativo, não === Further reading === “positivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “positivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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) positive Antonym: negativo ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === positivo 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025