duplicar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duplicāre, present active infinitive of duplicō. Compare the inherited doublet doblegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [du.pliˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [du.pliˈkaɾ]

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

duplicar (first-person singular present duplico, first-person singular preterite dupliquí, past participle duplicat)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to double
   • 2019 April 2, Sònia Sánchez, “Més de 113 milions de persones al món pateixen desnutrició severa”, in Ara‎^[1]:

     Les necessitats d'ajuda humanitària s'han duplicat en els últims deu anys, fins al punt de créixer un 127%.

     The needs of humanitarian aid have doubled in the last ten years, growing as high as 127%.

Related terms

• duplicat

Further reading

• “duplicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “duplicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “duplicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “duplicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duplicāre, present active infinitive of duplicō.

Verb

1. (transitive) to duplicate (to make a copy of)

Related terms

• duplo

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duplicāre, present active infinitive of duplicō. Compare the doublet doblegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dupliˈkaɾ/ [d̪u.pliˈkaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive, reflexive) to double; to be twice as much as
   • 2019 April 16, María Laura Avignolo, “Con un aluvión de donaciones prometen reconstruir Notre Dame en sólo cinco años”, in Clarín‎^[2]:

     Los Pinault donaron 100 millones de dólares de su fondo de inversión inmediatamente. Arnault, dueño de Louis Vuitton, Dior y otros grandes negocios del lujo, duplicó con 200 millones de euros.

     The Pinaults donated 100 million dollars from their investment fund immediately. Arnault, owner of Louis Vuitton, Dior and other large luxury businesses, doubled with 200 million euros.

2. (transitive) to duplicate, to copy
3. (transitive, law) to rejoin

Related terms

• duplicación
• duplicado
• reduplicar

Further reading

• “duplicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014