Meaning
to change
- to exchange
In a sentence
Puoi cambiare questi euro in monete?
Can you change these euros into coins?
Ho cambiato lavoro il mese scorso.
I changed jobs last month.
Voglio cambiare posto adesso.
I want to change seats now.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cambiare | infinitive |
| cambiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| cambio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| cambiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cambi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cambiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cambia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cambiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cambiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cambiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cambiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cambiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cambiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cambiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| cambiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| cambiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| cambiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| cambiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| cambiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| cambieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| cambierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| cambierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| cambierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| cambieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| cambierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| cambiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| cambi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| cambiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cambi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cambino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cambi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cambiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cambiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cambiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cambiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cambiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cambiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cambieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| cambierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| cambiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cambieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cambierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cambierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cambiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| cambiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| cambia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| cambiando | gerund |
| cambiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'cambiare' for general change; 'scambiare' means to swap or mistake one thing for another.
- Auxiliary is 'avere' for transitive use (e.g., 'ho cambiato idea'), 'essere' for intransitive (e.g., 'è cambiato molto').
- In informal speech, 'cambiare' can mean 'to move' (e.g., 'cambiare casa' = 'to move house').