ambisyon

Borrowed from Spanish ambición (“ambition”).

• Hyphenation: am‧bi‧syon

ambisyon

1. an ambition

ambisyon

1. to ambition; to seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet; to aspire

• ambisiyon — superseded, pre-2014

Borrowed from Spanish ambición (“ambition”), from Latin ambitiōnem.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔambisˈjon/ [ʔɐm.bɪˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔambisˈjon/ [ʔɐm.bɪsˈjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: am‧bis‧yon

ambisyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. ambition; aspiration

   Synonyms: hangarin, pangarap, lunggati, adhika, layunin, layon

• “ambisyon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “ambisyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 29