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noun, masculine

ambages

/amˈbaxes/

noun, masculine/amˈbaxes/

circumlocution, ambages (indirect or roundabout ways of talking); ambages (indirect or roundabout routes or directions)

Pero en esta ocasión, todos los actores reconocen que el Gobierno de Johnson comienza a mostrar sin ambages sus verdaderas cartas, y que ya no disimula su objetivo final de abandonar con las menores ataduras posibles su relación con la UE.But on this occasion, all the actors recognize that the Johnson government is beginning to [unambiguously] show its true colors, and that it no longer hides its final objective of ending its relationship with the EU with as few ties as possible.

Synonyms: circunlocución, circunloquios, rodeos

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-ḗy Proto-Italic *-ēi(s) Latin -ēs Latin ambāgesbor. Spanish ambages Borrowed from Latin ambāges.