cambalachear
Spanish
Alternative forms
- cambalachar
Etymology
cambalache + -ar
Verb
cambalachear (first-person singular present cambalacheo, first-person singular preterite cambalacheé, past participle cambalacheado)
- (colloquial) to swap; to do swapsies; to do a switcheroo
Conjugation
Conjugation of cambalachear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | cambalachear | ||||||
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gerund | cambalacheando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cambalacheado | cambalacheada | |||||
plural | cambalacheados | cambalacheadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cambalacheo | cambalacheastú cambalacheásvos | cambalachea | cambalacheamos | cambalacheáis | cambalachean | |
imperfect | cambalacheaba | cambalacheabas | cambalacheaba | cambalacheábamos | cambalacheabais | cambalacheaban | |
preterite | cambalacheé | cambalacheaste | cambalacheó | cambalacheamos | cambalacheasteis | cambalachearon | |
future | cambalachearé | cambalachearás | cambalacheará | cambalachearemos | cambalachearéis | cambalachearán | |
conditional | cambalachearía | cambalachearías | cambalachearía | cambalachearíamos | cambalachearíais | cambalachearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cambalachee | cambalacheestú cambalacheésvos2 | cambalachee | cambalacheemos | cambalacheéis | cambalacheen | |
imperfect (ra) | cambalacheara | cambalachearas | cambalacheara | cambalacheáramos | cambalachearais | cambalachearan | |
imperfect (se) | cambalachease | cambalacheases | cambalachease | cambalacheásemos | cambalacheaseis | cambalacheasen | |
future1 | cambalacheare | cambalacheares | cambalacheare | cambalacheáremos | cambalacheareis | cambalachearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | cambalacheatú cambalacheávos | cambalachee | cambalacheemos | cambalachead | cambalacheen | ||
negative | no cambalachees | no cambalachee | no cambalacheemos | no cambalacheéis | no cambalacheen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of cambalachear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive cambalachear | |||||||
dative | cambalachearme | cambalachearte | cambalachearle, cambalachearse | cambalachearnos | cambalachearos | cambalachearles, cambalachearse | |
accusative | cambalachearme | cambalachearte | cambalachearlo, cambalachearla, cambalachearse | cambalachearnos | cambalachearos | cambalachearlos, cambalachearlas, cambalachearse | |
with gerund cambalacheando | |||||||
dative | cambalacheándome | cambalacheándote | cambalacheándole, cambalacheándose | cambalacheándonos | cambalacheándoos | cambalacheándoles, cambalacheándose | |
accusative | cambalacheándome | cambalacheándote | cambalacheándolo, cambalacheándola, cambalacheándose | cambalacheándonos | cambalacheándoos | cambalacheándolos, cambalacheándolas, cambalacheándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cambalachea | |||||||
dative | cambalachéame | cambalachéate | cambalachéale | cambalachéanos | not used | cambalachéales | |
accusative | cambalachéame | cambalachéate | cambalachéalo, cambalachéala | cambalachéanos | not used | cambalachéalos, cambalachéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cambalacheá | |||||||
dative | cambalacheame | cambalacheate | cambalacheale | cambalacheanos | not used | cambalacheales | |
accusative | cambalacheame | cambalacheate | cambalachealo, cambalacheala | cambalacheanos | not used | cambalachealos, cambalachealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative cambalachee | |||||||
dative | cambalachéeme | not used | cambalachéele, cambalachéese | cambalachéenos | not used | cambalachéeles | |
accusative | cambalachéeme | not used | cambalachéelo, cambalachéela, cambalachéese | cambalachéenos | not used | cambalachéelos, cambalachéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative cambalacheemos | |||||||
dative | not used | cambalacheémoste | cambalacheémosle | cambalacheémonos | cambalacheémoos | cambalacheémosles | |
accusative | not used | cambalacheémoste | cambalacheémoslo, cambalacheémosla | cambalacheémonos | cambalacheémoos | cambalacheémoslos, cambalacheémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative cambalachead | |||||||
dative | cambalacheadme | not used | cambalacheadle | cambalacheadnos | cambalacheaos | cambalacheadles | |
accusative | cambalacheadme | not used | cambalacheadlo, cambalacheadla | cambalacheadnos | cambalacheaos | cambalacheadlos, cambalacheadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative cambalacheen | |||||||
dative | cambalachéenme | not used | cambalachéenle | cambalachéennos | not used | cambalachéenles, cambalachéense | |
accusative | cambalachéenme | not used | cambalachéenlo, cambalachéenla | cambalachéennos | not used | cambalachéenlos, cambalachéenlas, cambalachéense |
Further reading
- “cambalachear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014