Doblar

[DailyWord]

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.

[pooleroes]

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)

[bobjenkins]

"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

[chileno]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

"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

Gira or da vuelta

Gira, da vuelta, dobla, vira - all can mean to turn.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by chileno

Gira or da vuelta

Gira, da vuelta, dobla, vira - all can mean to turn.

Gracias!

[pooleroes]

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.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@pjt: That's what contexts are for. If you're driving or giving directions for arriving to a place, they are.

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

Dobla la tierra gira cada veinticuatro horas, por lo menos no dobla gira con más rapidez porque me causaría náuseas

Same thing pjt said: they are not always synonyms. In the case of "revolving" they are definitely not.

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.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

And in this case it would have meant that if the world is folded every 24 hrs...

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

And in this case it would have meant that if the world is folded every 24 hrs...

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?

[bmarquis124]

I have a question about the example sentence. how do you know when to use a in front of todo?