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ambivalente — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ambivalent adj Having mixed or contradictory feelings about someone or something.
  • equivocal adjective Open to more than one interpretation, often deliberately so, and therefore hard to pin down.

Senses

ambivalente is used for these senses in English:

  • ambivalent Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.
  • equivocal Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.
  • equivocal Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.

equivocal — full definition

  1. adjective Open to more than one interpretation, often deliberately so, and therefore hard to pin down.
  2. adjective Of evidence or results: inconclusive, pointing in no clear direction.

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