ambicioso

Asturian

Adjective

ambicioso

1. neuter of ambiciosu

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ambitiōsus.

Adjective

ambicioso (feminine ambiciosa, masculine plural ambiciosos, feminine plural ambiciosas)

1. ambitious (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)

Derived terms

• ambiciosamente

Related terms

• ambición

Further reading

• “ambicioso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambitiōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bi.siˈo.zu/ [ɐ̃.bi.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.biˈsjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bi.siˈo.zu/ [ɐ̃.bi.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.biˈsjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bi.siˈo.zo/ [ɐ̃.bi.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.biˈsjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.biˈsjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: am‧bi‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective

ambicioso (feminine ambiciosa, masculine plural ambiciosos, feminine plural ambiciosas, metaphonic)

1. ambitious (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
2. lofty (idealistic)

Derived terms

• ambiciosamente

Related terms

• ambição

Further reading

• “ambicioso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambitiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ambiˈθjoso/ [ãm.biˈθjo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ambiˈsjoso/ [ãm.biˈsjo.so]

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: am‧bi‧cio‧so

Adjective

ambicioso (feminine ambiciosa, masculine plural ambiciosos, feminine plural ambiciosas)

1. ambitious (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)

Derived terms

• ambiciosamente

 

Related terms

• ambición

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: ambisyoso
• → Tagalog: ambisyoso

Further reading

• “ambicioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014