cangiare

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Italian, from Old French cangier, ultimately from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre, infinitive of cambiō (to exchange), from Gaulish cambion (change), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (twisted, crooked), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (to bend, curve). Doublet of cambiare. Compare Sicilian cangiari, Catalan canviar, Norman changier, French changer, and English change.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: can‧già‧re

Verb

cangiàre (first-person singular present càngio, first-person singular past historic cangiài, past participle cangiàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (literary)

  1. (transitive) to change
  2. (intransitive) to change, to transform [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

Noun

cangiare m (plural cangiari)

  1. (rare) change
    al cangiare delle preferenzeafter a change of preferences

Anagrams

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