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câmbio

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See also: cambio, cambió, and cambiò

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

  • Hyphenation: câm‧bi‧o

Noun

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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

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Interjection

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câmbio

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

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