positivar
Spanish, verb[posit̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
positivar is spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-V-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish, the 317,902nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Positivar is a Spanish verb meaning “to develop (a photo)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proceso fotográfico de inversión de los tonos de gris de una imagen para pasar de una versión en negativo…”.
What does positivar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to develop (a photo)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Proceso fotográfico de inversión de los tonos de gris de una imagen para pasar de una versión en negativo (luces en tonos oscuros, sombras en tonos claros), normalmente sobre película fotográfica, a una en positivo, normalmente sobre papel.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of positivar
- positivo first-person present singular
- positivé first-person preterite singular
- positivado participle past
- positivando gerund
- positivada feminine participle past
- positivados masculine participle past
- positivadas feminine participle past
- positivas indicative informal present
- positivás indicative informal present
- positiva indicative present singular
- positivamos first-person indicative plural
- positiváis indicative plural present
- positivan indicative plural present
- positivaba first-person imperfect indicative
- positivabas imperfect indicative second-person
- positivábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- positivabais imperfect indicative plural
- positivaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce positivar?
- [posit̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is positivar in Spanish?
positivar appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).