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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesventanilla de cambio
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bentaˈniʎa de ˈkambixo
"Busqué una ventanilla de cambio para cambiar mis dólares."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A desk or booth, typically in a bank, airport, or hotel, where people can trade one country's currency for another.
"We stopped at the foreign exchange counter in the terminal to get some local cash before leaving the airport." - 2
A designated station within a financial institution dedicated exclusively to retail foreign currency transactions.
"The bank operates a dedicated foreign exchange counter to handle the high volume of tourist transactions."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'foreign' (from Old French 'forain', ultimately derived from Latin 'foras' meaning outside), 'exchange' (from Old French 'eschangier', combining prefix ex- and cambiare to barter), and 'counter' (from Old French 'contor', a table or desk for counting money). It emerged in modern international travel and banking contexts to designate a specific physical location where currency conversion services are offered to the public.
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bureau de change
Transliteration: byro də ʃɑ̃ʒ
"Il y a un bureau de change près de la gare."
Wechselschalter
Transliteration: ˈvɛksəlˌʃaltɐ
"Sie können Geld am Wechselschalter tauschen."
sportello di cambio
Transliteration: sportɛllo di kambjo
"Il sportello di cambio si trova al piano terra."
ventanilla de cambio
Transliteration: bentaˈniʎa de ˈkambixo
"Busqué una ventanilla de cambio para cambiar mis dólares."
guichê de câmbio
Transliteration: ɡiˈʃe dʒi ˈkãbju
"O guichê de câmbio aceita várias moedas estrangeiras."
विदेशी मुद्रा काउंटर
Transliteration: videshi mudra kauntar
"हवाई अड्डे पर एक विदेशी मुद्रा काउंटर है।"
外币兑换处
Transliteration: wàibì duìhuàn chù
"您可以在机场的外币兑换处兑换现金。"
환전 창구
Transliteration: hwanjeon changgu
"공항에 도착하자마자 환전 창구를 찾았다."
外貨両替窓口
Transliteration: gaika ryōgae madoguchi
"空港の外貨両替窓口で日本円を手に入れました。"
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