recambiar

Spanish

Verb

recambiar (first-person singular present recambio, first-person singular preterite recambié, past participle recambiado)

1. to replace (especially with a spare part

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recambiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recambiar
gerund			recambiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recambiado		recambiada
		plural		recambiados		recambiadas
		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	recambio	recambiastú recambiásvos	recambia	recambiamos	recambiáis	recambian
	imperfect	recambiaba	recambiabas	recambiaba	recambiábamos	recambiabais	recambiaban
	preterite	recambié	recambiaste	recambió	recambiamos	recambiasteis	recambiaron
	future	recambiaré	recambiarás	recambiará	recambiaremos	recambiaréis	recambiarán
	conditional	recambiaría	recambiarías	recambiaría	recambiaríamos	recambiaríais	recambiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recambie	recambiestú recambiésvos2	recambie	recambiemos	recambiéis	recambien
	imperfect (ra)	recambiara	recambiaras	recambiara	recambiáramos	recambiarais	recambiaran
	imperfect (se)	recambiase	recambiases	recambiase	recambiásemos	recambiaseis	recambiasen
	future1	recambiare	recambiares	recambiare	recambiáremos	recambiareis	recambiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recambiatú recambiávos	recambie	recambiemos	recambiad	recambien
	negative		no recambies	no recambie	no recambiemos	no recambiéis	no recambien

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

    Selected combined forms of recambiar

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 recambiar
	dative	recambiarme	recambiarte	recambiarle, recambiarse	recambiarnos	recambiaros	recambiarles, recambiarse
	accusative	recambiarme	recambiarte	recambiarlo, recambiarla, recambiarse	recambiarnos	recambiaros	recambiarlos, recambiarlas, recambiarse
with gerund recambiando
	dative	recambiándome	recambiándote	recambiándole, recambiándose	recambiándonos	recambiándoos	recambiándoles, recambiándose
	accusative	recambiándome	recambiándote	recambiándolo, recambiándola, recambiándose	recambiándonos	recambiándoos	recambiándolos, recambiándolas, recambiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recambia
	dative	recámbiame	recámbiate	recámbiale	recámbianos	not used	recámbiales
	accusative	recámbiame	recámbiate	recámbialo, recámbiala	recámbianos	not used	recámbialos, recámbialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recambiá
	dative	recambiame	recambiate	recambiale	recambianos	not used	recambiales
	accusative	recambiame	recambiate	recambialo, recambiala	recambianos	not used	recambialos, recambialas
with formal second-person singular imperative recambie
	dative	recámbieme	not used	recámbiele, recámbiese	recámbienos	not used	recámbieles
	accusative	recámbieme	not used	recámbielo, recámbiela, recámbiese	recámbienos	not used	recámbielos, recámbielas
with first-person plural imperative recambiemos
	dative	not used	recambiémoste	recambiémosle	recambiémonos	recambiémoos	recambiémosles
	accusative	not used	recambiémoste	recambiémoslo, recambiémosla	recambiémonos	recambiémoos	recambiémoslos, recambiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recambiad
	dative	recambiadme	not used	recambiadle	recambiadnos	recambiaos	recambiadles
	accusative	recambiadme	not used	recambiadlo, recambiadla	recambiadnos	recambiaos	recambiadlos, recambiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recambien
	dative	recámbienme	not used	recámbienle	recámbiennos	not used	recámbienles, recámbiense
	accusative	recámbienme	not used	recámbienlo, recámbienla	recámbiennos	not used	recámbienlos, recámbienlas, recámbiense

Further reading

• “recambiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28