cambalachear

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cambalachar

Etymology

From cambalache +‎ -ar.

Verb

cambalachear (first-person singular present cambalacheo, first-person singular preterite cambalacheé, past participle cambalacheado)

1. (colloquial) to swap; to do swapsies; to do a switcheroo

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cambalachear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cambalachear
gerund			cambalacheando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cambalacheado		cambalacheada
		plural		cambalacheados		cambalacheadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cambalacheo	cambalacheastú cambalacheásvos	cambalachea	cambalacheamos	cambalacheáis	cambalachean
	imperfect	cambalacheaba	cambalacheabas	cambalacheaba	cambalacheábamos	cambalacheabais	cambalacheaban
	preterite	cambalacheé	cambalacheaste	cambalacheó	cambalacheamos	cambalacheasteis	cambalachearon
	future	cambalachearé	cambalachearás	cambalacheará	cambalachearemos	cambalachearéis	cambalachearán
	conditional	cambalachearía	cambalachearías	cambalachearía	cambalachearíamos	cambalachearíais	cambalachearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cambalachee	cambalacheestú cambalacheésvos2	cambalachee	cambalacheemos	cambalacheéis	cambalacheen
	imperfect (ra)	cambalacheara	cambalachearas	cambalacheara	cambalacheáramos	cambalachearais	cambalachearan
	imperfect (se)	cambalachease	cambalacheases	cambalachease	cambalacheásemos	cambalacheaseis	cambalacheasen
	future1	cambalacheare	cambalacheares	cambalacheare	cambalacheáremos	cambalacheareis	cambalachearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cambalacheatú cambalacheávos	cambalachee	cambalacheemos	cambalachead	cambalacheen
	negative		no cambalachees	no cambalachee	no cambalacheemos	no cambalacheéis	no cambalacheen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cambalachear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cambalachear	dative	cambalachearme	cambalachearte	cambalachearle, cambalachearse	cambalachearnos	cambalachearos	cambalachearles, cambalachearse
	accusative	cambalachearme	cambalachearte	cambalachearlo, cambalachearla, cambalachearse	cambalachearnos	cambalachearos	cambalachearlos, cambalachearlas, cambalachearse
with gerund cambalacheando	dative	cambalacheándome	cambalacheándote	cambalacheándole, cambalacheándose	cambalacheándonos	cambalacheándoos	cambalacheándoles, cambalacheándose
	accusative	cambalacheándome	cambalacheándote	cambalacheándolo, cambalacheándola, cambalacheándose	cambalacheándonos	cambalacheándoos	cambalacheándolos, cambalacheándolas, cambalacheándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cambalachea	dative	cambalachéame	cambalachéate	cambalachéale	cambalachéanos	not used	cambalachéales
	accusative	cambalachéame	cambalachéate	cambalachéalo, cambalachéala	cambalachéanos	not used	cambalachéalos, cambalachéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cambalacheá	dative	cambalacheame	cambalacheate	cambalacheale	cambalacheanos	not used	cambalacheales
	accusative	cambalacheame	cambalacheate	cambalachealo, cambalacheala	cambalacheanos	not used	cambalachealos, cambalachealas
with formal second-person singular imperative cambalachee	dative	cambalachéeme	not used	cambalachéele, cambalachéese	cambalachéenos	not used	cambalachéeles
	accusative	cambalachéeme	not used	cambalachéelo, cambalachéela, cambalachéese	cambalachéenos	not used	cambalachéelos, cambalachéelas
with first-person plural imperative cambalacheemos	dative	not used	cambalacheémoste	cambalacheémosle	cambalacheémonos	cambalacheémoos	cambalacheémosles
	accusative	not used	cambalacheémoste	cambalacheémoslo, cambalacheémosla	cambalacheémonos	cambalacheémoos	cambalacheémoslos, cambalacheémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cambalachead	dative	cambalacheadme	not used	cambalacheadle	cambalacheadnos	cambalacheaos	cambalacheadles
	accusative	cambalacheadme	not used	cambalacheadlo, cambalacheadla	cambalacheadnos	cambalacheaos	cambalacheadlos, cambalacheadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cambalacheen	dative	cambalachéenme	not used	cambalachéenle	cambalachéennos	not used	cambalachéenles, cambalachéense
	accusative	cambalachéenme	not used	cambalachéenlo, cambalachéenla	cambalachéennos	not used	cambalachéenlos, cambalachéenlas, cambalachéense

Further reading

• “cambalachear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10