in cambio

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “in exchange”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in ˈkam.bjo/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: in‧càm‧bio

Prepositional phrase

in cambio

1. in exchange
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 27, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     In cambio, gli uomini mi consegnarono a sorpresa un regalo: una bandiera americana che avevano portato con loro nella missione ad Abbottabad, incorniciata e con le loro firme sul retro.

     In return, the men surprised me with a gift: an American flag they had taken with them to Abbottabad, now in a frame with their signatures on the back.

     (literally, “In exchange, the men gave me a gift by surprise: an American flag that they had brought with them on the Abbottabad mission, framed and with their signatures on the back.”)

Derived terms

• in cambio di

Anagrams

• combinai, imbianco, imbiancò