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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