ambientar

Catalan

Etymology

ambient +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.bi.ənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [am.bi.enˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

ambientar (first-person singular present ambiento, first-person singular preterite ambientí, past participle ambientat)

1. (transitive) to set (to locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to)
2. (transitive) to provide an ambiance to a place

Further reading

• “ambientar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ambientar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ambientar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Spanish

Etymology

ambiente +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ambjenˈtaɾ/ [ãm.bjẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to set (to locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to)
2. (transitive) to provide an ambiance to a place

Derived terms

• ambientación
• ambientador

Further reading

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