Polyglot Dictionary

ambição

/ɐ̃biˈsɐ̃w/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as ambições

Meaning

  1. ambition

    • Tem muita ambição.

      She has a lot of ambition.

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

sonho

Figuratively, "a dream" (sonho) can mean an ambition — "o sonho dele é ser médico" (his dream/ambition is to be a doctor).

Similar in other languages

German

Ehrgeiz

Ehrgeiz is the German word for the same thing — both mean "ambition."

Spanish

ambición

ambición is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "ambition."

French

ambition

ambition is the French word for the same thing — both mean "ambition."

Practice

1 What does ambição mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tem muita ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ambição?

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