cambio
Spanish, noun
cambio is spelled C-A-M-B-I-O (6 letters) and appears 269 times per million words in written Spanish, the 302nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cambio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “change, shift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cambiar. With an accent, cambió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of cambiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de cambiar”.
What does cambio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechange, shift
Si te sientes mal, quizás solo necesites un cambio de aires.
- 2
masculinechange (money given back)
- 3
masculinegear (of a motor vehicle)
- 4
masculineexchange rate
El cambio es de veinte pesos mexicanos por dólar.
interjection
- 1
over
¡Cambio y fuera!
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of cambiar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of cambiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de cambiar. 2. Trueque o permuta de una cosa por otra. 3. El dinero fraccionario de moneda. 4. Entre negociantes, el acto de tomar dinero, obligándose por cierto premio a ponerlo en la parte que se ajusta.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cambio
- cambios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cambio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cambio in Spanish?
cambio appears 269 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).