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

• “doblar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “doblar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dubˈbla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dobˈbla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [doˈblaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• 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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “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, volume 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/ [d̪oˈβ̞laɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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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 (to replace speech with its translation) [with a ‘to a language’]
   • 2024 April 12, Micaela Sanjines Ordóñez, “Resurrección Monstruosa, la película que fue doblada en Bolivia ya se estrenó en los cines [The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, the film dubbed in Bolivia, has been released in cinemas]”, in Bolivia.com‎^[1], La Paz, archived from the original on 15 April 2024:

     Este jueves 11 de abril se estrenó la película de terror negro y ciencia ficción, Resurrección Monstruosa. El filme que ya fue estrenado en las salas de cine de Bolivia fue doblada al español por actores y actrices de Bolivia.

     This Friday, April 11, the black horror and science-fiction film “The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster” has been released. The film, that has already been released in Bolivian cinema auditoriums, was dubbed in Spanish by actors and actresses from Bolivia.

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025