Italian

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Etymology

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From Old Italian cangiare, borrowed from Old French cangier, changier. Doublet of cambiare. Parallel borrowing with Sicilian cangiari, Spanish canjear, English change.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kanˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: can‧già‧re

Verb

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cangiàre (first-person singular present càngio, first-person singular past historic cangiài, past participle cangiàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (literary)

  1. (transitive) to change
  2. (intransitive) to change, to transform [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Noun

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cangiare m (plural cangiari)

  1. (rare) change
    al cangiare delle preferenzeafter a change of preferences

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