Meanings (ES + gloss)
doblar • duplicar • redoblar
To multiply by two.
The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.
duplicarse • redoblarse
To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
Our earnings have doubled in the last year.
doblar
To fold over so as to make two folds.
To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.
apretar
To clench (a fist).
emparejar
To join or couple.
duplicar
To repeat exactly; copy.
hacer las veces de
To serve a second role or have a second purpose.
A spork is a kind of fork that doubles as a spoon.
hacer de doble de • ser doble de
To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
Laforêt, who (as the French express it), doubles Lainez, that is, performs the same characters in his absence.
[…] and when she attempted to double the part of her mother, she equally failed in playing the great or agreeable lady.
doblar • torcer
To turn sharply, following a winding course.
circunnavegar
To sail around (a headland or other point).
Sailing along the coast, he doubled the promontory of Carthage.
doblar
To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
duplicar la velocidad
To go or march at twice the normal speed.
"You double down to the harbour, my lad," said the Captain to Strickland, "and sign on. You've got your papers." Strickland set off at once, and that was the last Captain Nichols s…
acumular doblemente • duplicar
To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
Sorry, this store does not double coupons.
Phrases