cambiare argomento

Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, to change topic.

Verb

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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...