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doblar
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Asturian
Etymology
From Late Latin duplāre, from Latin duplus.
Verb
doblar (first-person singular indicative present doblo, past participle dobláu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of doblar
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Catalan
Etymology
Either from doble + -ar or Late Latin duplāre, from Latin duplus.
Pronunciation
Verb
doblar (first-person singular present doblo, first-person singular preterite doblí, past participle doblat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to double (make twice as much or twice as large)
- (intransitive) to double (become twice as much or twice as large)
- (transitive) to dub (replace the soundrack of a film with translation)
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “doblar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “doblar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Old Occitan
Etymology
From Late Latin duplāre, from Latin duplus.
Verb
doblar
- (transitive) to double (make twice as much or twice as large)
- (intransitive) to double (become twice as much or twice as large)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “duplāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 183
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin duplāre, a verb based on Latin duplus (“double”, adj.). Compare Portuguese dobrar, Italian doppiare, and French doubler (whence English double).
Pronunciation
Verb
doblar (first-person singular present doblo, first-person singular preterite doblé, past participle doblado)
- (transitive) to fold
- Antonym: desdoblar
- (transitive) to double
- (intransitive, transitive) to bend, to turn
- Antonym: desdoblar
- (transitive) to dub
- (transitive, sports, motor racing) to lap (to overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler)
- Antonym: desdoblar
- (intransitive, of a bell) to toll
- Synonyms: clamorear, tocar a muerto
- (reflexive) to bend, to become curved
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
- dobladura
- doblaje
- doblamiento
- doblar el espinazo
- doblar la cabeza
- doblar la calle
- doblar la esquina
- doblar la hoja
- doblar la llave
- doblar la parada
- doblar las marchas
- doblarse
- meterla doblada
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “doblar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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