La Palabra Del Dia: "ambicioso"

Question

ambicioso ( ahm-bee-syoh'-soh )

adjective ( amibitious; greedy )

There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. For the Spanish sentences, edit your posts according to the native Spanish speaker's suggestions. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.

Guidelines:

Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.

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Examples:

1: Sería ambicioso decir que las calles estarán despejadas para hoy en la tarde.

It would be ambitious to say that the roads will be clear by this afternoon.

2: No seas tan ambicioso, amigo. Hay suficiente para todos.

Don't be so greedy, my friend. There's enough to go around.

Hola chica guapa! Gracias :-)! - Jraider, Dec 22, 2015

Hola chico. De nada. :) - rac1, Dec 22, 2015

Hola amigos. - ian-hill, Dec 23, 2015

Answer 1

Tesla y Edison fueron hombres ambiciosos quienes contribuyeron mucho al desarrollo de la energía eléctrica, y sí, había una rivalidad, y a algunos todavía les gusta perpetuarla.

Tesla and Edison were ambitious men who contributed a lot to the development of electrical energy, and yes, there was a rivalry, which some still like to perpetuate.

Tesla was a genius no doubt, and somewhat of a peculiar one at that :-)! - Jraider, Dec 22, 2015

And is now a folk legend for geeks everywhere I guess. :) - bosquederoble, Dec 22, 2015

Nice ... - Esteban_317, Dec 22, 2015

A very ambitious post - appropriately so ... - Esteban_317, Dec 22, 2015

Lol Great! - rac1, Dec 22, 2015

:) - Pablo064, Dec 23, 2015

Gracias, Pablo. :) - bosquederoble, Dec 23, 2015

Answer 2

La Navidad impulsó el Grinch para llevar a cabo acciones maliciosa y ambiciosas.

Christmas prompted the Grinch to carry out spiteful and greedy deeds.

Grinches are like that, you know.. - annierats, Dec 22, 2015

That's why he's green, he's greedy. jeje - rac1, Dec 22, 2015

impulsó a so impulsó al Grinch.. :) - Pablo064, Dec 23, 2015

Answer 3

La diferencia mas importante entre los hombres espirituales y religiosos, y la gente normal, es que los religiosos no son ambiciosos.

The main difference between people who are spiritual and religious, and ordinary people, is that the religious people aren't greedy for power.

Also, they don't crave material things as much :-)! - Jraider, Dec 22, 2015

Great post! - rac1, Dec 22, 2015

discutible :) - Pablo064, Dec 23, 2015

I have some acquaintance with religious and spiritual people and I am sorry to have to report that there is often just as much bad behaviour with them as with others, There are a few notable exceptions of course. - jennysk, Dec 23, 2015

Puede ser, Pablo y Jenny. - annierats, Dec 23, 2015

Answer 4

La madrastra ambiciosa de Cenicienta hace todo para que una de sus hijas feas pueda ser la mujer del Príncipe Azul en vez de la bella Cenicienta.

The ambitious stepmother of Cinderella does all she can that one of her ugly daughters will be the wife of the Prince Charming instead of the beautiful Cinderella.

...."does all she can to see that one of".... ,,,"daughters will be the wife of Prince".. I loved that movie. :) - rac1, Dec 22, 2015

She was a good example of today's word :-)! - Jraider, Dec 22, 2015

..para que una de sus hijas feas pueda ser.. :) - Pablo064, Dec 23, 2015

Thanks Rac - porcupine7, Dec 23, 2015

Gracias Pablo - porcupine7, Dec 23, 2015

Answer 5

Tendrá éxito si se concentra en proporcionar un buen servicio. Por otro lado, ser ambicioso para el dinero no podría ser fructífero.

You will be successful if you focus on providing good service. On the other hand, being ambitious for money might not be fruitful.

The first one should lead to the end result :-)! - Jraider, Dec 22, 2015

I agree with you there. :) - rac1, Dec 22, 2015

Answer 6

Todo el mundo necesita un propósito en la vida, pero si nos volvemos demasiado ambicioso podría haber malos resultados . Recuerde la historía de Icarus.

Everyone needs an aim in life, but if we become too ambitious there could be bad results. Remember the story of Icarus.

Some people have to learn the hard way. - rac1, Dec 23, 2015

..podría haber malos resultados.. :-) - Pablo064, Dec 24, 2015

Gracias Pablo otra vez - jennysk, Dec 25, 2015

Answer 7

Some very ambitious people are so focused on achieving success in their life that they do not care who they hurt in the process of getting to the top (ie: climbing the corporate ladder)! Others sacrifice the time that they would have spent with their family then often wonder why their wives want to divorce them and their children don't want to know them when they are older! They pay a very high price for success...I wonder if they ever regret it!

¡Algunas personas muy ambiciosas concentran sus esfuerzos tantos en tener éxito en su vida, y por consiguiente que no les importa nada si hacen sufrir a otras personas en el trámite de subir el escalafón de la empresa!

Please do not offer corrections yet, as I will be adding more Spanish soon! In process of translating may take some time please be patient but feel free to continue voting and watch this space!

Es verdad. - rac1, Dec 23, 2015

Answer 8

Evitar ser demasiadoas ambiciosoas y evitarás un montón de problemas.

Avoid being too ambitious and avoid a lot of problems.

That's the truth. :) - rac1, Dec 22, 2015

...and never under estimate your adversary :-)! - Jraider, Dec 22, 2015

You are so right, Jraider. - Esteban_317, Dec 22, 2015

'Evita ser demasiado ambicioso y evitas (I'd say 'y evitarás..) :D - Pablo064, Dec 23, 2015

Gracias, Pablo. . . - - Esteban_317, Dec 23, 2015

Answer 9

"I think you’re being a bit ambitious."

"Creo que estás siendo un poco ambicioso."

Yes, more than a bit. - rac1, Dec 23, 2015

Answer 10

Aunque ya había logrado mucho, estaba ambicioso para más.

Although he had already accomplished a lot, he was greedy for more.

Jeje poor Maurinho - Pablo064, Dec 24, 2015