doblegar

From Latin duplicāre, present active infinitive of duplicō. Compare the doublet duplicar, which was borrowed from Latin.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /do.bləˈɡa/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /du.bləˈɡa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /do.bleˈɡaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

doblegar (first-person singular present doblego, past participle doblegat)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to fold, bend

   Synonyms: doblar, plegar

• doblec

• “doblegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “doblegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin duplicāre, present active infinitive of duplicō, probably through the intermediate of Catalan doblegar in the 15th century, as it was not found earlier in Old Spanish texts and is completely absent in Portuguese as well[1]. Doublet of duplicar, which was later borrowed directly from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /dobleˈɡaɾ/ [d̪o.β̞leˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: do‧ble‧gar

doblegar (first-person singular present doblego, first-person singular preterite doblegué, past participle doblegado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to bring down, vanquish, conquer, topple, defeat
2. (transitive, reflexive) to fold, bend

   Synonyms: doblar, plegar

3. (transitive, mathematics) to divide by two
4. (reflexive) to kneel down

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

• Belgrado