Italian edit

Etymology edit

From negativo +‎ -izzare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ne.ɡa.ti.vidˈd͡za.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ti‧viz‧zà‧re

Verb edit

negativizzàre (first-person singular present negativìzzo, first-person singular past historic negativizzài, past participle negativizzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, neologism) to negativize (to make negative)
    1. (medicine) to cause (an HIV test result) to show negative
    2. (medicine) to neutralize (a disease)
      negativizzare l'infezioneto neutralize the infection
    3. (colloquial) to cause negativity in, to depress

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Further reading edit

  • negativizzare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • negativizzare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa