ambivalencia
Spanish, noun/ambibaˈlenθja/
ambivalencia is spelled A-M-B-I-V-A-L-E-N-C-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ambivalencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ambivalence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición o cualidad de ambivalente, de aquello que permite o se presta a dos interpretaciones contrarias o…”.
What does ambivalencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineambivalence
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición o cualidad de ambivalente, de aquello que permite o se presta a dos interpretaciones contrarias o sentidos opuestos. 2. Coexistencia de dos emociones o tendencias opuestas, como la atracción y la repulsión, el amor y el odio, etc.
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 ambivalencia
- ambivalencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ambivalencia?
- /ambibaˈlenθja/
- [ãm.bi.β̞aˈlẽn̟.θja]
- /ambibaˈlensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ambivalencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ambivalencia in Spanish?
ambivalencia appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).