mudarse

to move

mudarse(moo-dahr-seh)

pronominal verb

1. (to relocate)

a. to move

Nos acabamos de mudar de Cartagena.

We just moved from Cartagena.

b. to move house (United Kingdom)

Vivíamos en el centro pero nos mudamos hace un mes.

We used to live in the center but moved house one month ago.

2. (to wear different clothes)

a. to change

Tienes que mudarte para la fiesta porque es formal.

You have to change for the party because it's formal.

mudar

transitive verb

3. (to exchange)

a. to change

Tenemos que mudar esas cortinas sucias.

We need to change those dirty curtains.

4. (to achieve a deeper tone)

a. to change

Su voz empezó a mudar cuando tenía catorce años.

His voice began to change when he was fourteen.

intransitive verb

5. (to cast off skin or feathers)

a. to shed

Mira, ese gusanito está mudando.

Look, that little worm is shedding.

b. to molt

(United States)

Mi boa mudó ayer. ¿Quieres ver su piel?

My boa molted yesterday. Do you want to see its skin?

c. to moult (United Kingdom)

¿Están enfermas esas águilas? - No, solo están mudando.

Are those eagles sick? - No, they're just moulting.

6. (to alter; normally used with "de")

a. to change

Tienes el derecho de mudar de parecer, pero ojalá me hubieras avisado con más tiempo.

You have the right to change your mind, but I wish you'd told me earlier.

mudar

transitive verb

1. (cambiar)

a. to change

2. (casa)

a. to move

cuando mude la vozwhen his voice breaks

3. (piel, plumas)

a. to molt

intransitive verb

4. (cambiar)

a.

mudar deto change

pronominal verb

5. (general)

a.

mudarse (de casa)to move (house)

mudarse (de ropa)to change

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mudar

transitive verb

1 (cambiar) to change; (transformar) to change; turn;en into

esto mudó la tristeza en alegría this changed o turned the sadness into joy; le mudan las sábanas todos los días they change his sheets every day; le han mudado a otra oficina they've moved him to another office

2 (Zoología) [+piel] to shed; [+pelo, plumaje] to moult; molt; (EEUU)

intransitive verb

1 (cambiar)

mudar de to change; he mudado de parecer I've changed my mind; mudar de color to change colour; su cara mudó de color his face changed colour

mandar

2 (Zoología)

mudar de [+piel] to shed; [+pelo, plumaje] to moult; molt; (EEUU)

pronominal verb

mudarse

1 (also mudarse de ropa) to change one's clothes

2 (also mudarse de casa) to move; move house

3 [+voz] to break