descambiar
Spanish, verb/deskamˈbjaɾ/
descambiar is spelled D-E-S-C-A-M-B-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish, the 311,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descambiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to exchange, take back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Devolver, retornar o entregar a cada quien lo que antes habían intercambiado. Deshacer un trueque o cambio”.
What does descambiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exchange, take back
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Devolver, retornar o entregar a cada quien lo que antes habían intercambiado. Deshacer un trueque o cambio. 2. Obtener billetes o monedas de otra denominación a cambio de su equivalente en cifras mayores o menores.
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 descambiar
- descambio first-person present singular
- descambié first-person preterite singular
- descambiado participle past
- descambiando gerund
- descambiada feminine participle past
- descambiados masculine participle past
- descambiadas feminine participle past
- descambias indicative informal present
- descambiás indicative informal present
- descambia indicative present singular
- descambiamos first-person indicative plural
- descambiáis indicative plural present
- descambian indicative plural present
- descambiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- descambiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- descambiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- descambiabais imperfect indicative plural
- descambiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descambiar?
- /deskamˈbjaɾ/
- [d̪es.kãmˈbjaɾ]
- [d̪eskãmˈbjaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is descambiar in Spanish?
descambiar appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).