cambiare

cambiare

See also: cambiaré

Asturian

Verb

cambiare

1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of cambiar
2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of cambiar
3. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cambiar
4. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cambiar

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin cambiāre, from change in conjugation of cambīre, present active infinitive of cambiō, from Gaulish cambion (“change”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate to Greek κάμπτω (kámpto); Portuguese, Spanish, and Occitan cambiar; Catalan canviar; Norman changier; Sicilian cangiari; French changer; English change. Doublet of cangiare via Old French cangier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamˈbja.re/

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• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: cam‧bià‧re

Verb

cambiàre (first-person singular present càmbio, first-person singular past historic cambiài, past participle cambiàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to exchange

   cambiare denaro ― to exchange money

2. (transitive) to change

   cambiare faccia ― to change face

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cambiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	cambiàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		cambiàndo
present participle		cambiànte	past participle		cambiàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	càmbio	càmbi	càmbia	cambiàmo	cambiàte	càmbiano
imperfect	cambiàvo	cambiàvi	cambiàva	cambiavàmo	cambiavàte	cambiàvano
past historic	cambiài	cambiàsti	cambiò	cambiàmmo	cambiàste	cambiàrono
future	cambierò	cambierài	cambierà	cambierémo	cambieréte	cambierànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	cambierèi	cambierésti	cambierèbbe, cambierébbe	cambierémmo	cambieréste	cambierèbbero, cambierébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	càmbi	càmbi	càmbi	cambiàmo	cambiàte	càmbino
imperfect	cambiàssi	cambiàssi	cambiàsse	cambiàssimo	cambiàste	cambiàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		càmbia	càmbi	cambiàmo	cambiàte	càmbino
negative imperative		noncambiàre	non càmbi	non cambiàmo	non cambiàte	non càmbino

Derived terms

Related terms

• cambiabile
• cambiare idea
• cambiario
• cambiarsi
• cambiavalute
• cambiamento
• cambio

Related terms

• cangiare
• scambiare

Anagrams

• cambierà, imbacare

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Latin

Alternative forms

• cambīre (classical)

Etymology

See cambiō.

Pronunciation

• (Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /kamˈbʲare/

Verb

cambiāre

1. (Late Latin, Vulgar Latin) present active infinitive of cambiō (“to exchange, barter”)

Related terms

• cambium

References

• “cambiare”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cambiare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cambiare in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• cambiare in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

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Leonese

Etymology

From Old Leonese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin cambiāre, from change in conjugation of cambīre, present active infinitive of cambiō, of Gaulish origin. Compare Asturian cambiar.

Verb

cambiare

1. to change

References

• AEDLL

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Spanish

Verb

cambiare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of cambiar