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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSwap
/swɒp/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To give something to someone and receive something in exchange.
"I swapped my old paperback book for a thriller novel with my classmate."
- 1
An act of exchanging one item or arrangement for another.
"We made a straight swap of our parking spaces for the winter months."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in the mid 16th century, likely of imitative origin or related to Middle Low German swappen meaning to strike or slap, the term evolved to denote the striking of hands to seal a bargain, eventually shifting to mean the trading or exchanging of items.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Swap" is said worldwide
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échanger
Transliteration: e-shan-zhay
"Nous avons décidé d'échanger nos places."
tauschen
Transliteration: tow-shen
"Wir können unsere Rollen tauschen."
scambiare
Transliteration: skam-bya-re
"Vorrei scambiare questo biglietto."
intercambiar
Transliteration: in-ter-kam-byar
"Vamos a intercambiar opiniones sobre el proyecto."
trocar
Transliteration: tro-kar
"Posso trocar esta camisa por um tamanho maior?"
अदला-बदली करना
Transliteration: adla-badli karna
"हम अपनी किताबें अदला-बदली कर सकते हैं।"
交换
Transliteration: jiāo huàn
"我们可以交换一下联系方式吗？"
교환하다
Transliteration: gyo-hwan-ha-da
"우리는 자리를 서로 교환했다."
交換する
Transliteration: kōkan suru
"席を交換してもらえますか？"
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