ambientar

From ambient +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.bi.ənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [am.bi.enˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

ambientar (first-person singular present ambiento, first-person singular preterite ambientí, past participle ambientat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to set (to locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to)
2. (transitive) to provide an ambiance to a place

• “ambientar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ambientar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “ambientar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

From ambiente +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: am‧bi‧en‧tar

ambientar (first-person singular present ambiento, first-person singular preterite ambientei, past participle ambientado)

1. (reflexive) to settle into, to settle in, to acclimate

From ambiente +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /ambjenˈtaɾ/ [ãm.bjẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: am‧bien‧tar

ambientar (first-person singular present ambiento, first-person singular preterite ambienté, past participle ambientado)

1. (transitive, cinematography, literature, theater) to set (to locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to)
2. (transitive) to provide an ambiance to a place
3. (reflexive) to settle into, to settle in, to acclimate

• “ambientar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024