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phrase Uncommon #14,220
in exchange for Used when one thing is given or done in return for another thing.
SP: Te doy mi libro a cambio de tu cuaderno.
EN: I’ll give you my book in exchange for your notebook.

Para sacrificar su libertad a cambio de su seguridad.

To sacrifice their freedom in exchange for their safety.

La abandonan a cambio de comida.

They abandon her in exchange for food.

— Una gran mujer (Beanpole) (2019)

Su identidad a cambio de nuestra libertad.

Their identity in exchange for our freedom.

— Who Am I: Ningún sistema es seguro (2014)

A cambio de mi salario, mi trabajo será no contarle a nadie las cosas que sé.

In exchange for my salary, my job will be to not tell anyone the things I know.

— El club de la lucha (1999)

Él me lo dio a cambio de nada.

He gave it to me for nothing.

Seis meses a cambio de un título homologado, sí.

Six months in exchange for an accredited qualification—yes.

— El hoyo (2019)

Está bien, todos haremos flexiones a cambio de la leche.

Okay, we'll all do push-ups in exchange for the milk.

— El experimento (2001)

El recibió un ticket a cambio de dinero.

He received a ticket in exchange for money.

Te ofrezco mi gratitud a cambio de tu amabilidad.

I offer you my gratitude in return for your kindness.

Todos juntos, flexiones a cambio de la leche.

All together, push-ups in exchange for milk.

— El experimento (2001)

A cambio de Casiel.

In exchange for Casiel.

— Zeta (2026)

Le di tres libros de texto a cambio de su ayuda.

I gave him three textbooks in exchange for his help.

La experiencia es una cosa que no puedes conseguir a cambio de nada.

Experience is something you can't get for nothing.

Serán todos tuyos a cambio de un poco de tabaco.

They'll all be yours in exchange for a little tobacco.

— El chico y la garza (2023)

Su gente prometió algo a cambio de nuestros servicios.

Your people promised something in return for our services.

Él me la dio a cambio de nada.

He gave it to me for nothing.

Todas esas vidas, Zeta, las vivirás a cambio de la tuya.

All those lives, Zeta—you’ll live them in exchange for your own.

— Zeta (2026)

Él dijo que ella desapareció a cambio de este buen clima.

He said that she disappeared in exchange for this good weather.

— El tiempo contigo (2019)

Le daremos santuario a cambio de lo que sabe.

We will give him sanctuary in exchange for what he knows.