ambicioso
Asturian
Adjective
ambicioso
- neuter of ambiciosu
Galician
Etymology
From Latin ambitiōsus.
Adjective
ambicioso m (feminine singular ambiciosa, masculine plural ambiciosos, feminine plural ambiciosas)
- ambitious (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Derived terms
- ambiciosamente
Related terms
- ambición
Further reading
- “ambicioso” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ambitiōsus.
Adjective
ambicioso (feminine ambiciosa, masculine plural ambiciosos, feminine plural ambiciosas, metaphonic)
- ambitious (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- lofty (idealistic)
Derived terms
- ambiciosamente
Related terms
- ambição
Further reading
- “ambicioso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ambitiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ambiˈθjoso/ [ãm.biˈθjo.so]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ambiˈsjoso/ [ãm.biˈsjo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: am‧bi‧cio‧so
Adjective
ambicioso (feminine ambiciosa, masculine plural ambiciosos, feminine plural ambiciosas)
- 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