câmbio

See also: cambio, cambió, and cambiò

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cambio (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cambio, from Late Latin cambium (“change”), from Latin cambiō (“I change”), from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *kamb- (“crooked; bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱamb-, *(s)kamb- (“bent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.bi.u/, /ˈkɐ̃.bju/

Noun

câmbio m (plural s)

1. exchange, swap (act of exchanging or swapping)
2. (uncountable) currency exchange
3. transformation (act of transforming or being transformed)
4. commutation (substitution of one thing for another)
5. transmission (assembly of gears in an motorcar)
6. walkie-talkie (portable, bi-directional radio transceiver)
7. (botany) cambium (layer of cells responsible for secondary growth of roots and stems)

Synonyms

• (swap): intercâmbio, permuta, troca
• (transformation): alteração, cambiação, cambiagem, cambiamento, mudança, mutação, transformação
• (commutation): comutação, substituição
• (motorcar transmission): marcha, transmissão, walkie-talkie, rádio, walkie-talkie

Derived terms

• cambiário
• câmbio automático
• câmbio flutuante
• câmbio livre
• câmbio manual
• câmbio marítimo
• cambismo
• cambista
• intercâmbio

 

Related terms

• cambiação
• cambiagem
• cambial
• cambiamento
• cambiância
• cambiante
• cambiar
• escambo

 

Interjection

câmbio

1. (radio communication) over (end of sentence, ready to receive reply)