doblar

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin duplāre, present active infinitive of duplō, from Latin duplus.

Verb

doblar (first-person singular indicative present doblo, past participle dobláu)

1. to fold
2. to double
3. to dub
4. to bend
5. to double up
6. to veer

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology

Either from doble +‎ -ar or Late Latin duplāre, from Latin duplus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

doblar (first-person singular present doblo, first-person singular preterite doblí, past participle doblat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to double (make twice as much or twice as large)
2. (intransitive) to double (become twice as much or twice as large)
3. (transitive) to dub (replace the soundrack of a film with translation)

Conjugation

Related terms

• doblatge

Further reading

• “doblar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “doblar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin duplāre, present active infinitive of duplō, from Latin duplus.

Verb

doblar

1. (transitive) to double (make twice as much or twice as large)
2. (intransitive) to double (become twice as much or twice as large)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “duplāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 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

• IPA^(key): /doˈblaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: do‧blar

Verb

doblar (first-person singular present doblo, first-person singular preterite doblé, past participle doblado)

1. (transitive) to fold

   Antonym: desdoblar

2. (transitive) to double
3. (intransitive, transitive) to bend, to turn

   Antonym: desdoblar

4. (transitive) to dub
5. (transitive, sports, motor racing) to lap (to overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler)

   Antonym: desdoblar

6. (intransitive, of a bell) to toll

   Synonyms: clamorear, tocar a muerto

7. (reflexive) to bend, to become curved

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• duplicar
• girar

Further reading

• “doblar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014