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What does “dio positivo” mean in Spanish?

She thinks she can’t have COVID, but takes a home test to be sure: “me hice el test de antígenos y rápidamente dio positivo.” Spanish doesn’t say the test “came back” positive — it uses dar, “to give.” The test gave a result. So dio positivo is “it gave positive,” and the meaning is “it was positive.” Hear dar do this job and you’ll catch most test results in Spanish — COVID, pregnancy, blood work.

Spoken line: “me hice el test de antígenos y rápidamente dio positivo” — “I took the antigen test and it quickly came back positive.” She even adds “era un positivo muy claro” (it was a very clear positive). With test results, Spanish reaches for dar (to give): the test “gives” you the answer. Dio is the past form, so dio positivo = “it came back positive,” dio negativo = “it came back negative.” A few you’ll meet: “el test dio positivo” (the test was positive), “la prueba de embarazo dio positivo” (the pregnancy test was positive), “los análisis dieron negativo” (the lab results came back negative — plural results, so dieron). Tip: the word can be test or prueba; both work for a medical test.