dobrar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese dobrar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin dūplāre, present active infinitive of dūplō, from Latin dūplus. Compare Portuguese dobrar, Spanish doblar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈβɾaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to double
2. (transitive) to fold, to bend over
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 667:

     Et, desque o ouuerõ sacado, estaua o corpo tã yrto que se nõ dobraua a nenhũu cabo, et sua carne muy lĩpa et muy colorado, que semellaua viuo

     And, as soon as they took him out, the body was so stiff that it did not bend to any extent, and his flesh was very clean and colorful, to the point that he seemed alive

3. (transitive) to dub (replace a soundtrack with a synchronized translation)

Derived terms

• dobra
• dobraxe

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dobra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin dūplāre, present active infinitive of dūplō, from Latin dūplus. Compare Spanish doblar, French doubler, Italian doppiare. Doublet of dublar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈβɾaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to double, to multiply by two
2. (transitive) to fold, to bend over
3. (transitive) to increase, to make larger
4. (transitive) to subdue, to overcome, to bring under control
5. (Portugal) to dub (replace a soundtrack with a synchronized translation)

   Synonym: (Brazil) dublar

Derived terms

• dobradiça
• dobramento

Further reading

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