change

cambiar, modificar

Volverse diferente o hacer que alguien o algo sea diferente.

En inglés sencillo: To become different, or to make someone or something different.

• The weather can change quickly.
• I changed my mind about the trip.
• Has your address changed?

Cómo se usa: change from A to B (The light changed from red to green.)

Sinónimos: alter, modify

Expresiones frecuentes: change your mind, change the plan, change over time

cambiar, reemplazar

Quitar algo y poner otra cosa en su lugar.

En inglés sencillo: To remove something and put another thing in its place.

• Please change the light bulb.
• We changed the sheets this morning.
• Have you changed the batteries?

Sinónimos: replace

Antónimos: keep

Expresiones frecuentes: change a tire, change the sheets, change your clothes

transformar, transformarse, convertir

Convertirse en otro tipo de persona o cosa, o provocar esa transformación.

En inglés sencillo: To turn someone or something into a different kind of person or thing.

• Water changes into ice.
• The magician changed a coin into a flower.
• Could the potion change him into a bird?

Cómo se usa: change into something (The caterpillar changed into a butterfly.); change something into something (The spell changed the stone into gold.)

Sinónimos: turn, transform, convert

Expresiones frecuentes: change into something, change something into something

cambio, modificación

Proceso por el que algo pasa a ser diferente de antes, o su resultado.

En inglés sencillo: A process or result in which something becomes different from how it was before.

• We need a change.
• She noticed a change in his voice.
• The new manager made several changes.

Cómo se usa: a change in something (There has been a change in the weather.); a change to something (We made a change to the schedule.); a change from A to B (The change from school to work can be difficult.)

Sinónimos: alteration, modification

Expresiones frecuentes: a big change, change in something, make a change

vuelto, cambio

Dinero que te devuelven cuando pagas más que el precio.

En inglés sencillo: Money returned to you when you pay more than the price of something.

• Here is your change.
• The cashier gave me the wrong change.
• You can keep the change.

Expresiones frecuentes: keep the change, get your change, give someone change

monedas, calderilla

Una pequeña cantidad de dinero, normalmente en monedas.

En inglés sencillo: A small amount of money, usually in coins.

• I have some change in my pocket.
• She collected loose change in a jar.
• Do you have any change for the bus?

Sinónimos: coins, small money

Expresiones frecuentes: loose change, spare change, small change

cambio, moneda fraccionaria

Monedas o billetes pequeños que suman el mismo valor que un billete o una moneda de mayor valor.

En inglés sencillo: Smaller notes or coins that together have the same value as a larger note or coin.

• Can you give me change for this note?
• The bank gave her change for a fifty-dollar bill.
• I need change for the parking machine.

Cómo se usa: change for a note/coin (Do you have change for a twenty-pound note?)

Expresiones frecuentes: change for something, get some change

muda, recambio

Algo que se usa en lugar de lo que se utiliza ahora, como otra ropa.

En inglés sencillo: Something you use instead of what you currently have, such as another set of clothes.

• Bring a change of clothes.
• She packed two changes of underwear.
• After the rain, we needed a dry change.

Cómo se usa: a change of something (Pack a change of clothes for the journey.)

Sinónimos: replacement

Expresiones frecuentes: change of clothes, change of socks, a fresh change