Cambiamos la ubicación.

Because cambiamos is the nosotros form of the verb cambiar, which is a regular -ar verb.

Pattern:

• yo cambio
• tú cambias
• él/ella cambia
• nosotros cambiamos
• vosotros cambiáis
• ellos cambian

So -amos tells you the subject is we.

A useful extra point: for regular -ar verbs, the nosotros form is the same in the present and the preterite:

• cambiamos = we change / we are changing
• cambiamos = we changed

You need context to know which one it is.

You usually know from context.

With -ar verbs, the nosotros form looks identical in the present and the preterite:

• Hoy cambiamos la ubicación. = present: Today we change / are changing the location.
• Ayer cambiamos la ubicación. = past: Yesterday we changed the location.

Things that help you tell the difference:

• time words like ayer, anoche, hoy, siempre
• the surrounding sentences
• the situation

So the sentence by itself is grammatically ambiguous, and that is completely normal in Spanish.

Spanish often omits subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

So:

• Cambiamos la ubicación.
• Nosotros cambiamos la ubicación.

Both are correct, but the first is more neutral and natural in many contexts.

You might include nosotros if you want:

• emphasis
• contrast
• extra clarity

For example:

• Nosotros cambiamos la ubicación, no ellos.

Spanish usually uses an article with a noun when referring to a specific thing.

Here, la ubicación means a particular location/placement that the speaker and listener understand from context.

In English, you might sometimes leave out the, but in Spanish the article is often more necessary:

• Cambiamos la ubicación.

Without la, the sentence would usually sound incomplete or unnatural in normal speech.

Not exactly.

Ubicación usually means location, placement, or position. It often sounds a bit more precise or technical than lugar.

• ubicación = location/position/placement
• lugar = place

For example:

• la ubicación del botón = the button’s position
• un lugar bonito = a nice place

In many cases, ubicación is used when talking about where something is situated, especially in maps, apps, settings, buildings, objects, or interface elements.

In Spain, localización can also be used in some contexts, but ubicación is very common and natural.

Normally, no.

If you want to say Let’s change the location, Spanish usually uses the subjunctive:

• Cambiemos la ubicación.

So:

• Cambiamos la ubicación. = statement
• Cambiemos la ubicación. = suggestion/command: Let’s change the location

This is a very common distinction for learners to notice:

• hablamos = we speak / we spoke
• hablemos = let’s speak

Yes.

Ubicación can refer to:

• a physical location
• the position of an object
• a place on a map
• a setting in an app or device
• a more abstract placement in a layout or system

For example, it could mean:

• moving a shop on a map
• changing where a button appears on a screen
• changing the place where an event is held

So the word is quite flexible.

Yes, but it means something slightly different.

• Cambiar la ubicación = to change the location/placement of something
• Cambiar de ubicación = to move to a different location / to change location

Compare:

• Cambiamos la ubicación del botón.
  We changed the button’s position.
• Cambiamos de ubicación.
  We moved to a different location.

So the version with de focuses more on moving from one place to another, while the original sentence focuses on changing the location itself.

Yes, but the basic order is the most neutral:

• Cambiamos la ubicación.

That is the standard word order.

You can change it for emphasis, but it may sound marked:

• La ubicación la cambiamos ayer.

That kind of structure is used when you want to highlight la ubicación specifically.

For most learners, the safest and most natural version is the original one.

A rough pronunciation is:

kam-BYA-mos la oo-bee-ka-THYON

A few details:

• ca in cambiamos has a hard k sound
• bia is pronounced as one smooth syllable group: bya
• in most of Spain, c before i or e sounds like the th in think
• so ubicación has thyon at the end: ubi-ca-THYON

Also, the stress falls on:

• biá in cambiamos
• -ción in ubicación

Because the stress is on the last syllable: ubi-ca-CIÓN.

In Spanish, words ending in:

• vowel
• n
• s

are normally stressed on the second-to-last syllable unless there is a written accent.

Since ubicación ends in n but is stressed on the last syllable, it needs the accent mark:

• ubicación

This is also a very common pattern with nouns ending in -ción, which often correspond to English words ending in -tion:

• información
• situación
• dirección
• ubicación