negativizzare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From negativo +‎ -izzare.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

Conjugation

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See also

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Further reading

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