ambiental

Catalan

Etymology

From ambient +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əm.bi.ənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [am.bi.enˈtal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

ambiental m or f (masculine and feminine plural ambientals)

1. environmental

Derived terms

• ambientalisme
• ambientalista
• antiambiental
• mediambiental

Further reading

• “ambiental”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ambiental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Ladin

Adjective

ambiental m (feminine singular ambientala, masculine plural ambientai, feminine plural ambientales)

1. environmental

Portuguese

Etymology

From ambiente (“environment”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bi.ẽˈtaw/ [ɐ̃.bi.ẽˈtaʊ̯], (faster) /ɐ̃.bjẽˈtaw/ [ɐ̃.bjẽˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bjẽˈtal/ [ɐ̃.bjẽˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bjẽˈtal/ [ɐ̃.bjẽˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bjẽˈta.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: am‧bi‧en‧tal

Adjective

ambiental m or f (plural ambientais)

1. environmental

Derived terms

• ambientalmente

Further reading

• “ambiental”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ambiental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ambiental.

Adjective

ambiental m or n (feminine singular ambientală, masculine plural ambientali, feminine/neuter plural ambientale)

1. environmental

Declension

Declension of ambiental

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	ambiental		ambientală	ambientali	ambientale
	definite	ambientalul		ambientala	ambientalii	ambientalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	ambiental		ambientale	ambientali	ambientale
	definite	ambientalului		ambientalei	ambientalilor	ambientalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish ambiente

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish ambiental

From ambiente (“environment”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ambjenˈtal/ [ãm.bjẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: am‧bien‧tal

Adjective

ambiental m or f (masculine and feminine plural ambientales)

1. environmental

Derived terms

• agroambiental
• ambientalismo
• ambientalista
• ambientalmente
• antiambiental
• impacto ambiental
• medioambiental
• socioambiental

Further reading

• “ambiental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025