cambiar in Spanish: to change (verb)

Translation

to change

Word origin

From Late Latin cambiare ('to exchange, to barter'), a word of Gaulish (Celtic) origin. The same root gives English 'change' and 'exchange'.

Verb type-ar regular

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	cambio	cambié	cambiaba	cambiaré	cambiaría
tú	cambias	cambiaste	cambiabas	cambiarás	cambiarías
él/ella/ud.	cambia	cambió	cambiaba	cambiará	cambiaría
nos.	cambiamos	cambiamos	cambiábamos	cambiaremos	cambiaríamos
vos.	cambiáis	cambiasteis	cambiabais	cambiaréis	cambiaríais
ellos/uds.	cambian	cambiaron	cambiaban	cambiarán	cambiarían

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	cambie	cambiara	cambiase
tú	cambies	cambiaras	cambiases
él/ella/ud.	cambie	cambiara	cambiase
nos.	cambiemos	cambiáramos	cambiásemos
vos.	cambiéis	cambiarais	cambiaseis
ellos/uds.	cambien	cambiaran	cambiasen

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I have to change jobs this year.

¿ canal, ?

Can you change the channel, please?

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The weather is going to change tomorrow.

libras .

I want to change this money into pounds before the flight.

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She changed completely after having her first daughter.

cambio

change

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