câmbio

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See also: cambio, cambió, and cambiò

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cambio, either directly from Late Latin cambium (“change”) or deverbal of cambiar (cf. Portuguese escambo), from Latin cambiāre (“to change”) , from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *kamb- (“crooked; bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱamb-, *(s)kamb- (“bent”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.bi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɐ̃.bju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.bi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɐ̃.bjo/

  • Hyphenation: câm‧bi‧o

Noun

câmbio m (plural câmbios)

  1. exchange:
    1. act of exchanging or swapping; swap
      Synonyms: intercâmbio, permuta, troca
    2. (uncountable, economics, finance) currency exchange
      exchange rate
      taxa de câmbio
  2. transformation (act of transforming or being transformed)
    Synonyms: alteração, cambiação, cambiagem, cambiamento, mudança, mutação, transformação
  3. commutation (substitution of one thing for another)
    Synonyms: comutação, substituição
  4. walkie-talkie (portable, bi-directional radio transceiver)
    Synonyms: walkie-talkie, rádio
  5. (economics, finance) agio
    Synonyms: ágio, prêmio
  6. (rare) change (the process of becoming different)
    Synonym: mudança
  7. (automotive) transmission (assembly of gears in an motorcar)
    Synonyms: marcha, transmissão
  8. (botany) cambium (layer of cells responsible for secondary growth of roots and stems)

Derived terms

Interjection

câmbio

  1. (procedure word, military) over (end of sentence, ready to receive reply)

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