ambiguo

ambiguous

adjective ahm-BEE-gwoh Rare

Origin: From Latin ambiguus, 'going both ways' (ambi + agere).

Also means

equivocal

Usage Note

Ambiguo can describe language, situations, or people. Applied to a person it often carries a mildly negative connotation of untrustworthiness — una persona ambigua is someone you cannot quite read. The adverb is ambiguamente; the noun is ambiguità (f, invariable plural).

Examples

"La sua risposta era del tutto ambigua."

Natural Translation

His answer was completely ambiguous.

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