cambiarle

to change (something) for him, her, or it

→ cambiar

cambi change + ar Infinitive + le his/her/your (body part), to someone

verb Rare #44,659

to change (something) for him, her, or it The pronoun le refers to the person or thing the change is for; it is often not translated separately in English.

SP: Voy a cambiarle el aceite al coche.

EN: I'm going to change the car's oil.

Conjugation of cambiar

	Singular	Plural
First	cambiarme	—

cambiar cambiarlo cambiarse cambiartecambiarle

Indicative present

	Singular	Plural
First	cambio	cambiamos
Second	cambias	—
Third	cambia	cambian

Subjunctive present

	Singular	Plural
First	cambio	cambiamos
Second	cambias	—
Third	cambia	cambian

Imperative

	Singular	Plural
First	—	cambiemos
Second	cambia	—
Third	cambie	cambien

Indicative past

	Singular	Plural
First	cambié	cambiamos
Second	cambiaste	—
Third	cambió	cambiaron

Indicative future

	Singular	Plural
First	cambiaré	cambiaremos
Second	cambiarás	—
Third	cambiará	cambiarán

Subjunctive future

	Singular	Plural
First	cambiaré	cambiaremos
Second	cambiarás	—
Third	cambiará	cambiarán

Past

cambiado

Present

cambiando

Subjunctive

	Singular	Plural
Second	cambies	—

Conditional

	Singular	Plural
First	cambiaría	—
Third	cambiaría	—

Subjunctive imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	cambiaba	—
Third	cambiaba	—

cambiara

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	cambiaba	—
Third	cambiaba	—

Tengo uno viejo, voy a cambiarle la fecha.

I have an old one, I'm going to change the date on it.

— Los 400 golpes (1959)

Tengo que cambiarle las pilas a la radio.

I need to change the batteries in the radio.

Pero hasta este año no hemos podido cambiarle de apellido.

But we haven't been able to change his last name until this year.

— Running on Empty (1988)

Voy a cambiarle las baterías cuando regrese.

I’m going to change the batteries for him/her when I get back.

— Moonrise Kingdom: Amor Infantil (2012)

Había salido a cambiarle el agua al canario.

He had gone out to change the canary's water.

— Ven y mira (1985)

¡Ya deja de cambiarle!

Stop changing it already!

— Roma (2018)