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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestauschen
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tow-shen
"Wir können unsere Rollen tauschen."
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
The word 'swap' originated in the early 19th century, possibly as a variant of 'swop', which is believed to be a dialectal alteration of 'swap' in the sense of exchanging or trading. Its roots can be traced back to the Old English 'swapan', meaning to move or to sweep away.
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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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