doblar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to fold
  2. (transitive) to double
  3. (intransitive, transitive) to bend, to turn
  4. (transitive) to dub
  5. (transitive) to lap (to overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler)
  6. (intransitive) to toll
  7. (reflexive) to bend, to become curved

Opposite of
desdoblar
Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
do‧blar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/doˈblaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

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

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