cambiare argomento

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to change topic”.

Verb

cambiàre argomento (first-person singular present càmbio argomento, first-person singular past historic cambiài argomento, past participle cambiàto argomento, auxiliary avére)

1. to change the subject
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 26, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Quando fu informato che il pozzo era ormai quasi sigillato, Trump cambiò argomento.

     When informed that the well was almost sealed, Trump had shifted gears...