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How to Say "i exchange" in Spanish

The Spanish word fori exchangeis cambioA1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

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cambio

VerbA1
The action of exchanging one thing for another
A person standing and actively holding a green shirt, indicating they are in the process of replacing the blue shirt they are currently wearing.

Examples

Yo cambio de opinión muy a menudo.

I change my mind very often.

Si no te gusta la camisa, la cambio por otra.

If you don't like the shirt, I'll exchange it for another one.

Siempre cambio mis zapatos al llegar a casa.

I always change my shoes when I get home.

This is the 'I' form

'Cambio' is how you say 'I change.' It comes from the verb 'cambiar.' Notice how Spanish often drops the 'yo' because the '-o' ending already tells you who is doing the action.

Forgetting 'de'

Mistake:Voy a cambiar mi trabajo.

Correction: Voy a cambiar de trabajo. When you're changing *from one type of thing to another* (like jobs, clothes, or opinions), use the pattern 'cambiar de + [noun]'.

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