ambulante

[ am-byuh-lahnt; French ahn-by-lahnt ]

noun

, plural am·bu·lantes [am-by, uh, -, lahnts, ah, n, -b, y, -, lahnt].

1. a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ambulante¹

< French: literally, walking, feminine of ambulant, present participle of ambuler < Latin ambulāre. See amble

Example Sentences

Bernal himself has directed two features – the 2007 drama Déficit and the as-yet-unreleased Chicuarotes, about young Mexican hoodlums – as well as founding, with his childhood friend and Y Tu Mamá También co-star Diego Luna, two production companies and a documentary film festival, Ambulante.

From The Guardian

We called it a cafetín ambulante, a small truck with compartments and shelves in the back, a refrigerated section, and a hot plate.

From Literature

Un charro y un cantante se enamoran de una bella joven que desea debutar como bailarina en un teatro ambulante.

From Los Angeles Times

A few years ago, Alarcón began producing the podcast “Radio Ambulante,” to tell stories of and by Spanish-speaking people from around the world.

From New York Times

He says he can prove this with the responses to the documentary film festival he set up 10 years ago, Ambulante, which travels through 16 Mexican cities for a few months each year, and which has shown him that there is a huge appetite for intellectual debate.

From The Guardian