ambiguity

ambigüedad

Cualidad de tener varios significados posibles o de no resultar claro.

En inglés sencillo: The quality of having more than one possible meaning or being unclear.

• Clear instructions prevent ambiguity.
• His answer left room for ambiguity.
• The poem gains power from its ambiguity.

Cómo se usa: ambiguity about something (There is still ambiguity about who owns the land.)

Sinónimos: uncertainty, vagueness

Antónimos: clarity

Expresiones frecuentes: avoid ambiguity, without ambiguity, ambiguity about something

ambigüedad

Palabra o frase que puede interpretarse de más de una manera.

En inglés sencillo: A word or statement that can be understood in more than one way.

• This sentence contains an ambiguity.
• We found several ambiguities in the contract.
• Can you remove this ambiguity from the instructions?

Cómo se usa: ambiguity in something (There is an ambiguity in the final sentence.)

Expresiones frecuentes: an ambiguity, resolve an ambiguity, ambiguity in something