andar con ambages
Spanish, verb/anˌdaɾ kon amˈbaxes/
andar con ambages is spelled A-N-D-A-R-C-O-N-A-M-B-A-G-E-S (15 letters). Andar con ambages is a Spanish verb meaning “to beat around the bush (to treat a topic but omit its main points)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does andar con ambages mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beat around the bush (to treat a topic but omit its main points)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of andar con ambages
- ando con ambages first-person present singular
- anduve con ambages first-person preterite singular
- andado con ambages participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce andar con ambages?
- /anˌdaɾ kon amˈbaxes/
- [ãn̪ˌd̪aɾ kõn ãmˈba.xes]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.