negative

negativo, perjudicial

Malo, dañino o desagradable.

En inglés sencillo: Bad, harmful, or unpleasant.

• The news had a negative effect.
• His review was mostly negative.
• The changes brought several negative consequences.

Cómo se usa: a negative effect on something (The noise had a negative effect on her sleep.)

Sinónimos: bad, harmful, unfavourable

Antónimos: positive

Expresiones frecuentes: negative effect, negative impact, negative feedback

pesimista, negativo

Que se centra en los problemas y espera que las cosas salgan mal.

En inglés sencillo: Thinking mainly about problems and expecting things to go badly.

• Try not to be so negative.
• She has a negative attitude towards change.
• Why are you always negative about new ideas?

Cómo se usa: be negative about something (He is always negative about our plans.)

Sinónimos: pessimistic

Antónimos: positive, optimistic

Expresiones frecuentes: negative attitude, negative about something, negative thinking

negativo

Que indica que una prueba no ha detectado la enfermedad o sustancia buscada.

En inglés sencillo: Showing that a test did not find the condition or substance it was looking for.

• My test was negative.
• He tested negative for the infection.
• Both blood samples came back negative.

Cómo se usa: test negative for something (She tested negative for the virus.)

Antónimos: positive

Expresiones frecuentes: negative test, test negative, come back negative

negativo

Que expresa un no, niega algo o indica que algo nunca ocurre.

En inglés sencillo: Expressing no, not, or never, or saying that something is not true.

• She gave a negative answer.
• “I do not swim” is a negative sentence.
• Change these statements into negative forms.

Sinónimos: denying

Antónimos: affirmative

Expresiones frecuentes: negative answer, negative sentence, negative form

negativo

Que es menor que cero.

En inglés sencillo: Less than zero.

• Minus five is a negative number.
• The account showed a negative balance.
• Two negative numbers can produce a positive answer when multiplied.

Sinónimos: minus

Antónimos: positive

Expresiones frecuentes: negative number, negative value, negative balance

negativo

Que tiene el mismo tipo de carga eléctrica que los electrones.

En inglés sencillo: Having the type of electrical charge that electrons have.

• Electrons carry a negative charge.
• Connect the black wire to the negative terminal.
• A negative particle is attracted to a positive one.

Antónimos: positive

Expresiones frecuentes: negative charge, negative terminal, negative pole

desventaja, aspecto negativo

Característica mala, desventaja o aspecto perjudicial de algo.

En inglés sencillo: A bad feature, disadvantage, or harmful part of something.

• The price is a major negative.
• We discussed the positives and negatives of moving.
• Long working hours were the only negative of the job.

Sinónimos: disadvantage, drawback, downside

Antónimos: positive, advantage

Expresiones frecuentes: a big negative, positives and negatives, negative of something

negativo

Imagen fotográfica en la que las zonas claras y oscuras, o los colores, aparecen invertidos.

En inglés sencillo: A photographic image whose light and dark areas, or colors, are reversed.

• Keep the negative for later.
• She made three prints from one negative.
• The photographer stored his negatives in paper sleeves.

Expresiones frecuentes: photo negative, film negative, print from a negative, old negative