ambitious

am·bi·tious  (m-bshs)

adj.

1. Full of, characterized by, or motivated by ambition.

2. Greatly desirous; eager: "I am not ambitious of ridicule" (Edmund Burke).

3. Requiring or showing much effort; challenging: an ambitious schedule.

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am·bitious·ly adv.

am·bitious·ness n.

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ambitious [æmˈbɪʃəs]

adj

1. having a strong desire for success or achievement; wanting power, money, etc.

2. necessitating extraordinary effort or ability an ambitious project

3. (often foll by of) having a great desire (for something or to do something)

ambitiously  adv

ambitiousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ambitious - having a strong desire for success or achievement enterprising - marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects; "an enterprising foreign policy"; "an enterprising young man likely to go far" ambitionless, unambitious - having little desire for success or achievement
	2.	ambitious - requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake" challenging difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

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ambitious

adjective

1. enterprising, spirited, keen, active, daring, eager, intent, enthusiastic, hopeful, striving, vigorous, aspiring, energetic, adventurous, avid, zealous, intrepid, resourceful, purposeful, desirous He's a very ambitious lad.
enterprising lazy, apathetic, unambitious, good-for-nothing, unaspiring

2. demanding, trying, hard, taxing, difficult, challenging, tough, severe, impressive, exhausting, exacting, bold, elaborate, formidable, energetic, strenuous, pretentious, arduous, grandiose, industrious Their goal was extraordinarily ambitious.
demanding easy, simple, modest, unambitious

Translations

ambitious [æmˈbɪʃəs] ADJ [person, plan, goal] → ambicioso
he was not an ambitious man → no era un hombre ambicioso
perhaps you're being too ambitious → quizá estés intentando abarcar demasiado
if you feel a bit more ambitious you could try this recipe → si te sientes con ganas de probar algo más difícil, puedes intentar esta receta
to be ambitious for or of sth (frm) → ambicionar algo
to be ambitious for sb → ambicionar grandes cosas para algn
he was ambitious to be the boss → aspiraba a or ambicionaba ser el jefe
his ambitious reform programme → su ambicioso programa de reforma
that's rather ambitious, isn't it? → eso es bastante ambicioso, ¿no?
starting with this could be a little ambitious → empezar con eso podría ser querer abarcar demasiado or podría ser un poco ambicioso

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ambitious [æmˈbɪʃəs] adj

[person] → ambitieux/euse
She's very ambitious → Elle est très ambitieuse.

[plan, project, goal] → ambitieux/euse

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ambitious

adj → ehrgeizig, ambitiös (pej); person also → ambitioniert (geh); idea, undertaking → kühn; he is ambitious to … → er setzt seinen ganzen Ehrgeiz daran, zu …; she is ambitious for her husband → sie hat ehrgeizige Pläne für ihren Mann; to be ambitious for something → etw anstreben

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ambitious [æmˈbɪʃəs] adj → ambizioso/a
to be ambitious for one's children → avere delle ambizioni per i propri figli

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ambitious → طَموح ctižádostivý ambitiøs ehrgeizig φιλόδοξος ambicioso kunnianhimoinen ambitieux ambiciozan ambizioso 野心的な 야심적인 ambitieus ambisiøs ambitny ambicioso честолюбивый ambitiös ทะเยอทะยาน hırslı nhiều tham vọng 有雄心的