doblegar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin duplicāre. Compare the doublet duplicar, which was borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

doblegar (first-person singular present doblego, first-person singular preterite dobleguí, past participle doblegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive, reflexive) to fold, bend

   Synonyms: doblar, plegar

Conjugation

Derived terms

• doblec

Related terms

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin duplicāre, probably through the intermediate of Catalan doblegar in the 15th century, as it was not found earlier in Old Spanish texts and is completely absent in Portuguese as well. Doublet of duplicar, which was later borrowed directly from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dobleˈɡaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: do‧ble‧gar

Verb

doblegar (first-person singular present doblego, first-person singular preterite doblegué, past participle doblegado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to bring down, vanquish, conquer, topple, defeat
2. (transitive, reflexive) to fold, bend

   Synonyms: doblar, plegar

3. (transitive, mathematics) to divide by two
4. (reflexive) to kneel down

Conjugation

Related terms

References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Belgrado