Polyglot Dictionary

câmbio

/ˈkɐ̃bju/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os câmbios

Meaning

  1. exchange rate

    Also the word for a car's gear (câmbio manual, "manual gearbox"), not just a currency exchange rate.

    • O câmbio subiu.

      The exchange rate rose.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

taux de change

taux de change is the French word for the same thing — both mean "exchange rate."

Practice

1 What does câmbio mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ subiu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches câmbio?

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