cambiare

See also: cambiaré

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) 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 cambiar, Spanish cambiar, Occitan cambiar, Catalan canviar, Norman changier, Sicilian cangiari, French changer, and 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

Derived terms

Related terms

• cambiabile
• cambiare idea
• cambiario
• cambiarsi

• cambiavalute
• cambiamento
• cambio

Related terms

• cangiare
• scambiare

Anagrams

• cambierà

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Latin

Alternative forms

• cambīre (Classical Latin)

Etymology

Vulgar Latin or Late Latin from change in conjugation of cambīre, from cambium +‎ -āre (first-conjugation verb suffix), from Gaulish cambion (“change”) (cf. cambium), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”). Compare Ancient Greek κάμπτω (kámptō, “to bend, curve, turn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kam.biˈaː.re/, [kämbiˈäːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kam.biˈa.re/, [kämbiˈäːre]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) 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, 8th edition, volume 1, 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-person singular (yo) future subjunctive form of cambiar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) future subjunctive form of cambiar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) future subjunctive form of cambiar.