doblar

From Late Latin duplāre, from Latin duplus.

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

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

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

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

• doblatge

• “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.

From Late Latin duplāre, from Latin duplus.

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)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “duplāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 183

Inherited from Late Latin duplāre, a verb based on Latin duplus (“double”, adj.). Compare Portuguese dobrar, Italian doppiare, and French doubler (whence English double).

• IPA^(key): /doˈblaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: do‧blar

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

• duplicar
• girar

• “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], 2024 December 10