ambivalência
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃.bi.vaˈlẽ.sjɐ/
ambivalência is spelled A-M-B-I-V-A-L-Ê-N-C-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 63,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ambivalência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ambivalence (coexistence of opposing attitudes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “capacidade de um mesmo ser possuir duas características distintas”.
What does ambivalência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineambivalence (coexistence of opposing attitudes)
- 2
feminineambivalence (state of uncertainty)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. capacidade de um mesmo ser possuir duas características distintas; 2. estado em que um mesmo indivíduo possui comportamentos antagônicos.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ambivalência
- ambivalências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ambivalência?
- Brazil /ɐ̃.bi.vaˈlẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ̃.bi.vɐˈlẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ̃.bi.bɐˈlẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ambivalência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ambivalência in Portuguese?
ambivalência appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).