ambiguo

ambiguo

See also: ambíguo

Asturian

Adjective

ambiguo

1. neuter of ambiguu

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Esperanto

Etymology

ambigua +‎ -o.

Noun

ambiguo (accusative singular ambiguon, plural ambiguoj, accusative plural ambiguojn)

1. ambiguity
   • Donald Broadribb (translator), Mil Naŭcent Okdek Kvar (Nineteen Eighty-Four) by George Orwell, Appendico, “La principoj de Novparolo”,

     Ĉiuj ambiguoj kaj signifomodifoj estis forprenitaj el ili.

     All ambiguities and shades of meaning had been purged out of [these words].

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin ambiguus.

Adjective

ambiguo m (feminine singular ambigua, masculine plural ambiguos, feminine plural ambiguas)

1. ambiguous

Derived terms

• ambiguamente

Related terms

• ambigüidade

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambiguus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈbi.ɡwo/, (traditional) /amˈbi.ɡu.o/[1]
• Rhymes: -iɡwo, (traditional) -iɡuo
• Hyphenation: am‧bì‧guo, (traditional) am‧bì‧gu‧o

Adjective

ambiguo (feminine ambigua, masculine plural ambigui, feminine plural ambigue)

1. ambiguous, equivocal
2. shifty
3. doubtful, shady

Derived terms

• ambiguamente

Related terms

• ambiguità

References

1. ambiguo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin

Adjective

ambiguō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ambiguus

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ambiguus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈbiɡwo/ [ãmˈbi.ɣ̞wo]
• Rhymes: -iɡwo
• Syllabification: am‧bi‧guo

Adjective

ambiguo (feminine ambigua, masculine plural ambiguos, feminine plural ambiguas)

1. ambiguous
2. (grammar, of a noun) used as both masculine and feminine

Derived terms

• ambiguamente

Related terms

• ambigüedad

Further reading

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