Ambitious in Hebrew is שאפתני (shaaftaní).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
שאפתני
shaaftaní
adjective · masculine
In English
ambitious
/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for ambitious as an adjective.
possessing, or controlled by, ambition
- שאפתניshaaftanímasculine
These words come before and after ambitious in the list.
These are the questions people ask about ambitious in Hebrew.
How do you say ambitious in Hebrew?
ambitious in Hebrew is שאפתני, said shaaftaní.
How is ambitious pronounced in English?
ambitious is pronounced /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry ambitious and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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