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cambiante

changing

adjective kahm-BYAHN-teh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Also means

variable

Usage Note

Cambiante is the present-participle adjective from cambiar, used to describe something in constant flux — un carácter cambiante (a changeable personality), condiciones cambiantes (changing conditions). Unlike cambiado (changed, a completed state) or variable, cambiante stresses ongoing, continuous change. It is invariable in gender: un mercado cambiante / una situación cambiante.

Examples

"El tiempo en la montaña es muy cambiante."

Natural Translation

The weather in the mountains is very changeable.

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