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Italian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amˈbi.to/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: am‧bì‧to
Participle
ambito (feminine ambita, masculine plural ambiti, feminine plural ambite)
- past participle of ambire
Adjective
ambito (feminine ambita, masculine plural ambiti, feminine plural ambite, superlative ambitissimo)
- desirable, sought after
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin ambitus.
Pronunciation
Noun
ambito m (plural ambiti)
- scope, ambit
Latin
Verb
ambītō
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of ambiō
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ámbito, from Latin ambitus.
Pronunciation
Noun
ámbitó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜆᜓ)
- boundary; scope; domain; ambit
- Synonym: perimetro
Further reading
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 29