cambiar

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to change, to shift, to switch, to alter
  2. (transitive) to modify
  3. (intransitive, transitive) to switch, to switch up, to change, to trade, to swap (usually + de) (when implying changing from one thing to another)
  4. (transitive) to replace, to change out, to swap out
  5. (formal, transitive) to exchange, to trade in
  6. (figuratively, transitive) to turn around
  7. (reflexive) to swap, to trade, to switch
  8. (reflexive) to move (i.e., change from one place to another)

Frequency

A2
Hyphenated as
cam‧biar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kamˈbjaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin cambiāre, from change in conjugation of cambīre, of Gaulish origin. Compare also the variant Old Spanish form camear. Cognate to Italian cambiare.

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