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ambulante

travelling

adjective ahm-boo-LAN-teh Rare
Travel & Places Movement

Origin: From Latin ambulare (to walk).

Also means

itinerant

Usage Note

Ambulante describes something or someone that moves from place to place: vendedor ambulante (street vendor, hawker), circo ambulante (travelling circus). As a noun, un ambulante or los ambulantes refers to street sellers. In medicine, cirugía ambulante (ambulatory surgery) means procedures where the patient walks out the same day.

Examples

"Compré fruta a un vendedor ambulante."

Natural Translation

I bought fruit from a street vendor.

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