OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 3503

change

/t͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cambiar • demudarse
To become something different.
Stock prices are constantly changing.
The tadpole changed into a frog.
cambiar • demudar • modificar • mudar • remudar
To make something into something else.
KORRIS: They shunned you. Cursed you. Called you vile names, and you knew not why. Even now do you know why you are driven? Why you cannot relent—or repent—or confess—or abstain? H…
Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air ab…
cambiar • recambiar • reemplazar
To replace.
After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.
Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.
cambiarse
To replace one's clothing.
The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.
You can't go into the dressing room while she’s changing.
transbordar
To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
After stopping at these stations, my train has become busy. Returning day-trippers make up a goodly number, along with young people heading for a night out in Bristol, which is whe…