intercambio
Spanish, noun
intercambio is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-A-M-B-I-O (11 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,872nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intercambio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “exchange” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of intercambiar. With an accent, intercambió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of intercambiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de cambiar algo de modo recíproco entre varias personas o seres”.
What does intercambio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineexchange
estudiante de intercambio
- 2
masculineinterchange
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of intercambiar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of intercambiar
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 algo de modo recíproco entre varias personas o seres. 2. Entre organismos, entidades o naciones, reciprocidad, comunicación e igualdad en el trato judicial, comercial y en otros servicios o materias.
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 intercambio
- intercambios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to intercambio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intercambio in Spanish?
intercambio appears 29 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).