ambiguo

See also: ambíguo

Asturian

Adjective

ambiguo

1. neuter of ambiguu

Esperanto

Etymology

From ambigua + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ambiˈɡuo/
• Rhymes: -uo
• Syllabification: am‧bi‧gu‧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].

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ambiguus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /amˈbiɡwo/ [amˈbi.ɣ̞wʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /amˈbiɡwo/ [amˈbi.ɣ̞wʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /amˈbiħwo/ [amˈbi.ħwʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -iɡwo

• Rhymes: -iɡwo
• Rhymes: -iħwo

• Hyphenation: am‧bi‧guo

Adjective

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

1. ambiguous

Derived terms

• ambiguamente

Related terms

• ambigüidade

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambiguus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈbi.ɡwo/, (traditional) /amˈbi.ɡu.o/
• 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

Latin

Adjective

ambiguō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ambiguus

Portuguese

Verb

ambiguo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ambiguar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.

Proto-Italic *amβi-

Latin ambi-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Latin ambig(ō)

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Italic *-wos

Latin -uus

Latin ambiguusbor.

Spanish ambiguo

Borrowed from Latin ambiguus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈbiɡwo/ [ãmˈbi.ɣ̞wo]

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• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025