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Old March 07, 2009, 02:59 AM
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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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Old March 07, 2009, 11:14 AM
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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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Old March 07, 2009, 12:04 PM
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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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Old March 07, 2009, 03:41 PM
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I have a question about the example sentence. how do you know when to use a in front of todo?
When the translation is 'to all'.
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Old March 08, 2009, 01:37 PM
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I remember seeing a sentence like va a doler a todos or something. why isn't it just va a doler todos?
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Old March 08, 2009, 02:05 PM
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'A todos' is a prepositional phrase.

Gracias a todos. = Thanks to all (to everyone).

That phrase is a shortened form of a longer phrase:
Les doy las gracias a todos. = I give thanks to all (to everyone).

In the last phrase, and the one that follows, you can see that the prepositional phrase is used to clarify the ambiguous indirect object pronoun les:
Un rasguño les va a doler a todos. = A scrape will hurt everyone.
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I suppose I need to resurrect this somewhat old thread. LOL!!

Hoy estaba conduciendo por cerca de 7 horas. Estaba escuchando podcasts sobre el aprendizaje de español. En uno de estos, un hablante de españa fue dando instrucciones a una estación de autobuses. Yo he aprendido que "turn" está "doblar". Pero el hablante usó "girar" y "doblar" y "tomar". Lo entiendo el uso de "tomar": "Toma la segunda derecha." Pero, ¿qué es la diferencia del uso de "girar" y "doblar"? ¿Es una diferencia regional?
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I suppose I need to resurrect this somewhat old thread. LOL!!

Hoy estaba conduciendo por cerca de 7 horas. Estaba escuchando podcasts sobre el aprendizaje de español. En uno de estos, un hablante de españa fue dando instrucciones a una estación de autobuses. Yo he aprendido que "turn" está "doblar". Pero el hablante usó "girar" y "doblar" y "tomar". Lo entiendo el uso de "tomar": "Toma la segunda derecha." Pero, ¿qué es la diferencia del uso de "girar" y "doblar"? ¿Es una diferencia regional?
Doblar also means to turn, to gyrate, ta take (a right or left)
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Yes, so why was this Spaniard using "girar" in its place?
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@Lou Ann: they are synonyms. "Girar", "doblar", "dar (la) vuelta"...
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Okay, thanks. I thought maybe there was more to it than that..... (I'll be overly analytical until the day I die!)
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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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@Lou Ann: they are synonyms. "Girar", "doblar", "dar (la) vuelta"...
A veces no. Me he metido en líos en mis clases de baile por pensar que "girar" y "dar la vuelta" son sinónimos.
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A veces no. Me he metido en líos en mis clases de baile por pensar que "girar" y "dar la vuelta" son sinónimos.
How so?
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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
Gira or da vuelta

Gira, da vuelta, dobla, vira - all can mean to turn.
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Okay, thanks. I thought maybe there was more to it than that..... (I'll be overly analytical until the day I die!)
Nothing wrong with being analytical, overly or not.
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What in the world time is it in Las Vegas right now????
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What in the world time is it in Las Vegas right now????
5:15 am

I think you and I have 3 hrs difference and that there is about 6 to 8 hrs difference with Europe.
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That's what I thought. Ugh! Go back to bed! Date la vuelta y volver a cama!
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That's what I thought. Ugh! Go back to bed! Date la vuelta y volver a cama!
It's my usual time.... I am old, what can I tell you...
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