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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for March 7, 2009
doblar - verb - to fold, bend, bend over. Look up doblar in the dictionary Doblé todas mis camisas y las guardé. I folded all my shirts and put them away.
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Besides folding, 'doblar' also means turning, when walking/driving for example:
doblar a la derecha/izquierda: turn to the right/left Doblar also means twice as much: Mi edad dobla la tuya: I'm twice as old as you are (My age is twice yours) |
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"Doblar a la izquierda" no sé , pero girar a la izquierda
Dobla tus camisetas ya Dobla la tierra cada veinticuatro horas, por lo menos no dobla con más rapidez porque me causaría náuseas
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Gira, da vuelta, dobla, vira - all can mean to turn. |
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Gracias!
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es la riqueza del idioma español que permite decir lo mismo de muchas maneras empleando verbos que en si mismos tienen un significado a veces similar a veces menos.
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@pjt: That's what contexts are for. If you're driving or giving directions for arriving to a place, they are.
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And a small advice on style: this kind of sentences sound better if you start them with the subject... starting them with the verb is not incorrect, but doesn't sound natural.
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And in this case it would have meant that if the world is folded every 24 hrs...
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So, essentially, "girar" has a sense of spinning, and "doblar" has a sense of folding, but both can be used to tell someone to take a left or right turn?
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I have a question about the example sentence. how do you know when to use a in front of todo?
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bend, bend over, doblar, to fold |
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