doppiare

Meaning

  1. (archaic, literary, transitive) to double, to duplicate
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to intensify, to increase in strength
  3. (transitive) to round (a cape, promontory, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to lap (to overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler)
  5. (rare, transitive) to have (a lamb) be fed by two mothers' milk

Hyphenated as
dop‧pià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dopˈpja.re/
Etymology

From Late Latin duplāre, from Latin duplus. Compare French doubler, Spanish doblar, Portuguese dobrar.

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