verb

exchange

Translation

to exchange, to swap, to trade

Let's exchange phone numbers.

I need to exchange some dollars for euros.

You can exchange the shirt for a different size.

((sth.)) ((with sb.)) to exchange sth. with sb. I exchanged emails with my friend.

((sth.)) ((for sth.)) to exchange sth. for sth. else I exchanged the red pen for a blue one.

Synonyms: trade, swap, switch

From Latin 'ex-' (out) + 'cambire' (to change). Literally 'to change out'.

Think of 'ex-' as 'out' and 'change'. You give something out and get something else in change.