positive

positivo, optimista

Bueno o útil, o que muestra confianza en que las cosas saldrán bien.

En inglés sencillo: Good or helpful, or showing hope that things will go well.

• Try to stay positive.
• The changes had a positive effect.
• We received positive feedback from our customers.

Cómo se usa: positive about something (She feels positive about the future.)

Sinónimos: good, favorable, optimistic

Antónimos: negative

Expresiones frecuentes: positive attitude, positive effect, positive change

seguro, convencido

Completamente convencido de que algo es verdad o está bien.

En inglés sencillo: Completely sure that something is true or correct.

• Are you positive?
• She was positive that she had seen him before.
• I am absolutely positive about the answer.

Cómo se usa: positive that… (I am positive that I locked the door.); positive about something (Are you positive about the date?)

Sinónimos: sure, certain

Antónimos: uncertain, unsure

Expresiones frecuentes: absolutely positive, positive about something

positivo

Que indica que una prueba ha detectado la sustancia o el estado que buscaba.

En inglés sencillo: Showing that a test found the substance or condition it was checking for.

• The test result was positive.
• She had a positive pregnancy test.
• Two samples tested positive for the same substance.

Cómo se usa: test positive for something (The sample tested positive for the virus.)

Antónimos: negative

Expresiones frecuentes: positive result, positive test, test positive

positivo

Se dice de un número o valor mayor que cero.

En inglés sencillo: Greater than zero.

• Five is a positive number.
• The answer should be positive.
• We only accept positive values in this box.

Antónimos: negative

Expresiones frecuentes: positive number, positive value, positive integer

positivo

Que tiene carga eléctrica del mismo tipo que la de los protones.

En inglés sencillo: Having the kind of electric charge carried by protons.

• Connect the red wire to the positive terminal.
• Protons carry a positive charge.
• The ion became positive after losing an electron.

Antónimos: negative

Expresiones frecuentes: positive charge, positive terminal, positive pole

positivo

Describe experiencias o conductas inusuales que aparecen con una enfermedad, como oír voces inexistentes.

En inglés sencillo: Describing unusual experiences or behavior that appear with an illness, such as hearing voices that are not there.

• Hearing voices can be a positive symptom.
• The treatment reduced his positive symptoms.
• Doctors recorded both positive and negative symptoms during the assessment.

Antónimos: negative

Expresiones frecuentes: positive symptom, positive psychotic symptom

ventaja, aspecto positivo

Aspecto bueno o útil de una situación.

En inglés sencillo: A good or useful part of a situation.

• The short journey is a positive.
• There are several positives to working from home.
• Let us focus on the positives for now.

Sinónimos: advantage, benefit, plus

Antónimos: negative, drawback

Expresiones frecuentes: a positive, major positive, look for positives