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changeling

/ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒlɪŋ/

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noun

Cambiaformas

In pre-modern European mythology, an infant that was secretly exchanged for a mother's own baby by an evil creature. (In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to witches, devils, or demons.)

Examples :

"Old wives told stories of a neighbor's child being a changeling, claiming that the baby, sickly and strange, had been swapped with a fairy child in the cradle. "

Las viejas contaban historias de que el hijo de un vecino era un cambiaformas, afirmando que el bebé, enfermizo y extraño, había sido intercambiado por un niño de hadas en la cuna.

mythology religion supernatural story tradition culture inhuman

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noun

Cambiazo

An infant secretly exchanged with another infant by mistake or by human doing; swapling.

Examples :

"Rumors spread through the village that the sickly baby found on the doorstep was a changeling, swapped for the family's healthy newborn. "

Los rumores se extendieron por el pueblo de que el bebé enfermizo encontrado en la puerta era un cambiazo, intercambiado por el recién nacido sano de la familia.

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noun

Cambiaformas

An organism which can change shape to mimic others.

Examples :

"In the science fiction story, the alien was a changeling, able to perfectly copy the appearance of anyone it met. "

En la historia de ciencia ficción, el alienígena era un cambiaformas, capaz de copiar perfectamente la apariencia de cualquiera que conociera.

organism mythology biology supernatural being inhuman literature character animal nature story

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noun

Tonto, idiota

A simpleton; an idiot.

Examples :

"He acted like a complete changeling, staring blankly when asked simple questions. "

Actuó como un completo tonto, mirando fijamente cuando le hacían preguntas sencillas.

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noun

Persona inconstante, vacilante

One apt to change; a waverer.

Examples :

"Because Sarah couldn't commit to a major, her advisor jokingly called her a changeling, always switching between art, history, and biology. "

Debido a que Sarah no podía comprometerse con una especialización, su consejero la llamó en broma una persona inconstante, siempre cambiando entre arte, historia y biología.

character person tendency attitude mind