How to conjugate Cambiar in Spanish

Introduction

Cambiar is the Spanish verb for "to change". It is a regular AR verb, and one of the most popular 100 Spanish verbs. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!

Similar verbs to cambiar include: deponer, modificar, mudar.

Indicative Tenses of Cambiar

Cambiar in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of cambiar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "cambio de mi opinión", meaning "I change my mind".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	cambio	I change
Tú	cambias	you change
Ella / Él / Usted	cambia	s/he changes, you (formal) change
Nosotras / Nosotros	cambiamos	we change
Vosotras / Vosotros	cambiáis	you (plural) change
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	cambian	they change

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Cambiar in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of cambiar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "cambié de mi opinión", meaning "I changed my mind".

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	cambié	I changed
Tú	cambiaste	you changed
Ella / Él / Usted	cambió	s/he changed, you (formal) changed
Nosotras / Nosotros	cambiamos	we changed
Vosotras / Vosotros	cambiasteis	you (plural) changed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	cambiaron	they changed

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Cambiar in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of cambiar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "cambiaba de mi opinión", meaning "I used to change my mind".

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	cambiaba	I used to change
Tú	cambiabas	you used to change
Ella / Él / Usted	cambiaba	s/he used to change, you (formal) used to change
Nosotras / Nosotros	cambiábamos	we used to change
Vosotras / Vosotros	cambiabais	you (plural) used to change
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	cambiaban	they used to change

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Cambiar in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of cambiar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy cambiando de mi opinión", meaning "I am changing my mind".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	estoy cambiando	I am changing
Tú	estás cambiando	you are changing
Ella / Él / Usted	está cambiando	s/he is changing, you (formal) are changing
Nosotras / Nosotros	estamos cambiando	we are changing
Vosotras / Vosotros	estáis cambiando	you (plural) are changing
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	están cambiando	they are changing

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Cambiar in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of cambiar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a cambiar de mi opinión", meaning "I am going to change my mind".

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	voy a cambiar	I am going to change
Tú	vas a cambiar	you are going to change
Ella / Él / Usted	va a cambiar	s/he is going to change, you (formal) are going to change
Nosotras / Nosotros	vamos a cambiar	we are going to change
Vosotras / Vosotros	vais a cambiar	you (plural) are going to change
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	van a cambiar	they are going to change

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Cambiar in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of cambiar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "cambiaré de mi opinión", meaning "I will change my mind".

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	cambiaré	I will change
Tú	cambiarás	you will change
Ella / Él / Usted	cambiará	s/he will change, you (formal) will change
Nosotras / Nosotros	cambiaremos	we will change
Vosotras / Vosotros	cambiaréis	you (plural) will change
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	cambiarán	they will change

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Cambiar in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of cambiar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "cambiaría de mi opinión", meaning "I would change my mind".

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	cambiaría	I would change
Tú	cambiarías	you would change
Ella / Él / Usted	cambiaría	s/he would change, you (formal) would change
Nosotras / Nosotros	cambiaríamos	we would change
Vosotras / Vosotros	cambiaríais	you (plural) would change
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	cambiarían	they would change

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Cambiar in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of cambiar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he cambiado de mi opinión", meaning "I have changed my mind".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	he cambiado	I have changed
Tú	has cambiado	you have changed
Ella / Él / Usted	ha cambiado	s/he has changed, you (formal) have changed
Nosotras / Nosotros	hemos cambiado	we have changed
Vosotras / Vosotros	habéis cambiado	you (plural) have changed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	han cambiado	they have changed

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Cambiar in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of cambiar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había cambiado de mi opinión", meaning "I had changed my mind".

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	había cambiado	I had changed
Tú	habías cambiado	you had changed
Ella / Él / Usted	había cambiado	s/he had changed, you (formal) had changed
Nosotras / Nosotros	habíamos cambiado	we had changed
Vosotras / Vosotros	habíais cambiado	you (plural) had changed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	habían cambiado	they had changed

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Cambiar in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of cambiar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré cambiado de mi opinión", meaning "I will have changed my mind".

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	habré cambiado	I will have changed
Tú	habrás cambiado	you will have changed
Ella / Él / Usted	habrá cambiado	s/he will have changed, you (formal) will have changed
Nosotras / Nosotros	habremos cambiado	we will have changed
Vosotras / Vosotros	habréis cambiado	you (plural) will have changed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	habrán cambiado	they will have changed

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Cambiar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of cambiar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría cambiado de mi opinión", meaning "I would have changed my mind".

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	habría cambiado	I would have changed
Tú	habrías cambiado	you would have changed
Ella / Él / Usted	habría cambiado	s/he would have changed, you (formal) would have changed
Nosotras / Nosotros	habríamos cambiado	we would have changed
Vosotras / Vosotros	habríais cambiado	you (plural) would have changed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	habrían cambiado	they would have changed

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Subjunctive Tenses of Cambiar

Cambiar in the Subjunctive Present

The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "cambie", meaning "I change".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	cambie	I change
Tú	cambies	you change
Ella / Él / Usted	cambie	s/he changes, you (formal) change
Nosotras / Nosotros	cambiemos	we change
Vosotras / Vosotros	cambiéis	you (plural) change
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	cambien	they change

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Cambiar in the Subjunctive Imperfect

The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "cambiara", meaning "I changed".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	cambiara	I changed
Tú	cambiaras	you changed
Ella / Él / Usted	cambiara	s/he changed, you (formal) changed
Nosotras / Nosotros	cambiáramos	we changed
Vosotras / Vosotros	cambiarais	you (plural) changed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	cambiaran	they changed

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Cambiar in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "cambiare", meaning "I will change".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	cambiare	I will change
Tú	cambiares	you will change
Ella / Él / Usted	cambiare	s/he will change, you (formal) will change
Nosotras / Nosotros	cambiáremos	we will change
Vosotras / Vosotros	cambiareis	you (plural) will change
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	cambiaren	they will change

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Cambiar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya cambiado", meaning "I have changed".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	haya cambiado	I have changed
Tú	hayas cambiado	you have changed
Ella / Él / Usted	haya cambiado	s/he has changed, you (formal) have changed
Nosotras / Nosotros	hayamos cambiado	we have changed
Vosotras / Vosotros	hayáis cambiado	you (plural) have changed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	hayan cambiado	they have changed

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Cambiar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera cambiado", meaning "I had changed".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	hubiera cambiado	I had changed
Tú	hubieras cambiado	you had changed
Ella / Él / Usted	hubiera cambiado	s/he had changed, you (formal) had changed
Nosotras / Nosotros	hubiéramos cambiado	we had changed
Vosotras / Vosotros	hubierais cambiado	you (plural) had changed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	hubieran cambiado	they had changed

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Cambiar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere cambiado", meaning "I will have changed".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	hubiere cambiado	I will have changed
Tú	hubieres cambiado	you will have changed
Ella / Él / Usted	hubiere cambiado	s/he will have changed, you (formal) will have changed
Nosotras / Nosotros	hubiéremos cambiado	we will have changed
Vosotras / Vosotros	hubiereis cambiado	you (plural) will have changed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	hubieren cambiado	they will have changed

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Imperative Tenses of Cambiar

Cambiar in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "cambie", meaning "(to you formal) change!".

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	-	-
Tú	cambia	(to you) change!
Ella / Él / Usted	cambie	(to you formal) change!
Nosotras / Nosotros	cambiemos	let's change!
Vosotras / Vosotros	cambiad	(to you plural) change!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	cambien	(to you plural formal) change!

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Cambiar in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no cambie", meaning "(to you formal) don't change!".

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	-	-
Tú	no cambies	(to you) don't change!
Ella / Él / Usted	no cambie	(to you formal) don't change!
Nosotras / Nosotros	no cambiemos	let's not change!
Vosotras / Vosotros	no cambiéis	(to you plural) don't change!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	no cambien	(to you plural formal) don't change!

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Example sentences and usage

• Sería divertido ver cómo las cosas cambian a través de los años. It would be fun to see how things change over the years.
• Lo que cambia el mundo es la comunicación, no la información. What changes the world is communication, not information.
• Aquí tiene su cambio. Here is your change.
• Si necesitas un cambio de ritmo, ¿por qué no vienes a visitarnos? If you need a change of pace, why don't you come for a visit?

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