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positive / seguro
positive
A. -adjective
1. (=sure, certain) seguro
·you don't sound very positive
·no pareces estar muy seguro
·"are you sure?" -- "yes, positive"
·--¿estánoun seguro? --segurísimo or --no me cabe la menor duda
a. he'noun positive [about] it = está seguro de ello
b. we have positive [proof] that ... = tenemos pruebas concluyentes de que ...
2. (=affirmative, constructive) [attitude, view, influence] positivo [criticism] constructivo [person] que tiene una actitud positiva
·she'noun a positive sort of person
·es una persona que tiene una actitud positiva
·I think this news is a positive sign
·creo que esta noticia es prometedora
·she made a very positive impression with us
·nos causó muy buena impresiónoun
a. to take positive [action] = tomar medidas firmes
b. positive [discrimination] = discriminaciónoun (f) positiva
c. on the positive [side] = en el lado positivo
d. positive [vetting] = investigaciónoun (f) de antecedentes
3. (=real) [disgrace, disadvantage] verdadero, auténtico
·he'noun a positive nuisance
es un verdadero or auténtico pelmazo *
4. (electricity, photography, linguistics) positivo (medicine) [result] positivo (mathematics) [number] positivo
a. positive [cash flow] = flujo (m) positivo de caja
B. -noun
(=plus point) aspecto (m) positivo (photography) positivo (m) (mathematics) nounúmero (m) positivo, valor (m) positivo
·the positives outweigh the negatives
·los aspectos positivos tienen masculineánoun peso que or superan a los negativos
a. to give a [false] positive (medicine) dar un resultado positivo falso
C. -adverb
a. to [test] positive = dar positivo
b. you have to [think] positive = hay que ser positivo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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