intercambio

exchange, swap

noun een-tehr-KAHM-byoh Less Common

Usage Note

Intercambio is used for cultural exchange programmes (intercambio cultural), language exchange partnerships (hacer un intercambio de idiomas), and the trading of goods or information. It is always a two-way transaction implied by the prefix inter-, distinguishing it from cambio ('change, exchange') which can be one-directional. Intercambio de divisas is the standard phrase for currency exchange in formal contexts.

Examples

"Hice un intercambio lingüístico con una estudiante francesa."

Natural Translation

I did a language exchange with a French student.

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