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ambiente

Spanish, noun

ambiente is spelled A-M-B-I-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 83 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,057th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ambiente is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “atmosphere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of ambientar. With an accent, ambienté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of ambientar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aire, atmósfera, entorno, ámbito”.

What does ambiente mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineatmosphere

  2. 2

    masculineenvironment (used with medio when talking about nature)

    Es importante proteger el medio ambiente.

  3. 3

    masculineroom

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as ambienté
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of ambientar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Aire, atmósfera, entorno, ámbito. 2. Situación agradable o propicia para pasarlo bien. 3. Condiciones o circunstancias de carácter físico, social o económico, que caracterizan a un lugar, a una sociedad o a una época. 4. Características de un determinado marco histórico o social.

adjective: 1. Se dice del líquido que rodea o en que está sumergido un cuerpo.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of ambiente

  • ambientes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to ambiente

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ambiente in Spanish?

ambiente appears 83 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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