Doble in english
pronunciation: dʌbəl part of speech: adjective
doblar1 = bend ; double ; fold ; turn down ; push out of + alignment ; flex ; turn ; fold + Nombre + down.
Example: Flexibility of course does not mean that the structure is flexible and will bend or move under stress.Example: There is the possibility of doubling or trebling the communication outlets in the not too distant future.Example: Other commercially available wallets are made of a more pliable transparent plastic - again with a separate pocket for each slide - and these can be folded to fit into a cardboard box.Example: Do not turn down the corners of pages to mark one's place.Example: This article argues that box designs for small books have 3 shortcomings: their corners tend to gape; strings, buttons and other fixing arrangements clutter the outside of the box; and the box flaps are too soft causing it to be pushed out of alignment.Example: The following recommendations are made: select copying machines carefully (edge-flush platens are best; don't flex a book more than 180 degrees; educate patrons and staff to be gentle with books; and limit the number of pages copied from each volume.Example: The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.Example: Use this folding cart to carry anything around the house, garden or warehouse and fold it down for storage when you're done.more:
» doblar a la derecha = turn + right ; turn to + the right ; make + a right turn .
Example: You must overtake on the right unless the vehicle you want to overtake is waiting to turn right and giving a right-turn signal. Example: While driving straight, my steering wheel is turned to the right approximately 15 degrees. Example: In Arizona, you may make a right turn on red after coming to a complete stop and when doing so is not prohibited by a posted sign.» doblar a la izquierda = make + a left turn ; turn + left ; turn to + the left .
Example: To make a left turn, signal well before the turn and move into the far left lane when the way is clear. Example: Use your mirrors and give a left-turn signal well before you turn left. Example: When I turn to the left it sounds like something is rubbing under the front end.» doblar Algo por la mitad = fold + Nombre + in half .
Example: To make it easier to spread the ruffles out evenly, before gathering find the center of the ruffle by folding the piece in half end to end.» doblar a muerto = sound + the death knell for .
Example: Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.» doblar el codo = crook + the elbow .
Example: Peter crooked the elbow on his good arm and folded it under his head to cushion it.» doblar el dedo hacia arriba y hacia abajo = curl + Posesivo + finger up and down .
Example: And simultaneously he curled his index finger up and down that in the vocabulary of his gesture was meant to signify 'Come over here'.» doblar hacia abajo = turn + Nombre + downwards .
Example: The superior and inferior rectus muscles turn the eye upwards, and downwards, the lateral and medial ones turn it outwards and inwards.» doblar hacia arriba = turn + Nombre + upwards .
Example: The superior and inferior rectus muscles turn the eye upwards, and downwards, the lateral and medial ones turn it outwards and inwards.» doblar hacia dentro = turn + Nombre + inwards .
Example: The superior and inferior rectus muscles turn the eye upwards, and downwards, the lateral and medial ones turn it outwards and inwards.» doblar hacia fuera = turn + Nombre + outwards .
Example: The superior and inferior rectus muscles turn the eye upwards, and downwards, the lateral and medial ones turn it outwards and inwards.» doblar la curva = come (a)round from + the side of .
Example: When she came around from the side of the house she looked like the day we first met = Cuando apareció por la esquina de la casa tenía el mismo aspecto que el primer día que nos conocimos.» doblar la esquina = come (a)round from + the side of ; turn + the corner .
Example: When she came around from the side of the house she looked like the day we first met = Cuando apareció por la esquina de la casa tenía el mismo aspecto que el primer día que nos conocimos. Example: Global financial stability is improving -- we have begun to turn the corner.» doblar la esquina de una página = dog-ear + a page [Generalmente para indicar por dónde nos quedamos leyendo] .
Example: I can't stand seeing corners of pages bent in any book, I think I'd prefer to risk losing my bookmark over dog-earing pages!.» doblar la rodilla = genuflect ; bend + Posesivo + knee .
Example: This team genuflects to nobody. Example: To ease the pain of a pinched sciatic nerve, lie on your back and bend your knees to take the pressure off of the nerve.» doblar la ropa = fold + clothes .
Example: Amy, played by Sarah Webb, was always busy on stage, folding clothes, peeling tatties, always finding something to do.» doblar las esquinas de las páginas de un libro = dog-ear ; dog-ear + a book .
Example: I used to find dog-earing abhorrent, but over the years, the sleepier I have become, and the more I tend to lose whatever bookmark I have been using, the more likely I am to dog ear. Example: First of all, I have to admit that I used to dog-ear my books and had no cares about doing this at all.» doblarse = curl up ; deflect ; buckle ; bend down ; bend over ; crook ; flop .
Example: It is sometimes necessary to weight the bottom of each map with a piece of dowelling to prevent curling up. Example: On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each. Example: The arches of greenhouses buckle under snow loads but the criteria used to study the effects are devised for rectilinear beams. Example: The one other symptom that developed is that I have a slight to moderate pain in my forehead to top of my head when I bend down. Example: When I bend down, or bend over, my head starts to pulse and sometimes it feels like it is going to explode. Example: Whenever Raymond crooked over to pick something up Fred couldn't help staring at his prat. Example: Perennial herbs such as rosemary, sage, lavender and thymes can live for a long time, but grow leggy and flop with age.» doblarse hacia adelante = bend forward .
Example: She bent forward and sighed as the head of his cock pushed past her anal ring and imbedded itself in her shitter.» doblar una curva = go (a)round + a corner ; go (a)round + a bend .
Example: You have to sit down to go for a wee on the tour bus, because if you stand up and you go round a corner it all goes everywhere. Example: The vibration seems to be worse going downhill or wil appear after going around a bend.» doblar una esquina = turn + a corner ; go (a)round + a corner ; go (a)round + a bend .
Example: But for the moment, Iraq does seem to have turned a corner politically. Example: You have to sit down to go for a wee on the tour bus, because if you stand up and you go round a corner it all goes everywhere. Example: The vibration seems to be worse going downhill or wil appear after going around a bend.» que se puede doblar fácilmente = bendy [bendier -comp., bendiest -sup.] ; bendable .
Example: Have you ever wondered how bendy straws are made? . Example: The bendable frame now allows the bike to be wrapped around a lamp post, with a regular bike lock able to secure the frame and both wheels.» sin doblarse = unfolded .
Example: A broadsheet is a separately published piece of paper, printed on one side only and intended to be read unfolded.doblar2 = dub.
Example: A DVD disc holds between 7 and 20 times as much data as a standard CD-ROM, enough to carry a feature-length film dubbed into 8 languages.more:
» doblar una película = dub + a film .
Example: When dubbing a film into another language, syncing the translation with the character's lip movements is crucial to the pace of the film.doble1 = stunt man [stunt men, -pl.] ; stand-in.
Example: These descriptors are still alive: boatmen, city council-men, firemen, foremen, longshoremen, stunt men, statesmen, watchmen, man and manpower.Example: On the one hand, Lynch gradually reveals a deluded, modestly talented, aspiring actress failing to achieve more than a stand-in role in her own life.doble2 = doppelganger.
Example: Folk wisdom has it that everyone has a doppelganger; somewhere out there there's a perfect duplicate of you, with your mother's eyes, your father's nose and that annoying mole you've always meant to have removed.more:
» Posesivo + doble = Posesivo + alter ego ; Posesivo + double .
Example: The librarian must be the reader's alter ego, immersed in his politics, his religion and his morals. Example: He embarked on a secret quest to find his double and set in motion a train of events that he couldn't control.doble3 = double ; dual ; twofold [two-fold] ; two-pronged attack ; double-up ; duplicative ; duplicative ; doubling ; bifocal ; twin.
Example: Double KWIC and Permuterm indexes arrange pairs of keywords, so that the entries under one keyword are organised according to the second keyword.Example: It is setting up a system of dual entries, so that the French-speaking people of Canada will have French language representation in the authorities established for Canadian catalog records.Example: The purpose of the subject index is therefore twofold: (i) To translate a natural language term into a class number; (ii) to collocate distributed relatives.Example: The solution appears to lie in a two-pronged attack = The solution appears to lie in a two-pronged attack.Example: The article 'The double-up program' describes an easy way to utilize multiple CD-ROM products on the same search station.Example: The Digital Library Federation is promoting creation of a registry of digital materials so that, among other things, duplicative digitization could be avoided = The Digital Library Federation is promoting creation of a registry of digital materials so that, among other things, duplicative digitization could be avoided.Example: The Digital Library Federation is promoting creation of a registry of digital materials so that, among other things, duplicative digitization could be avoided = The Digital Library Federation is promoting creation of a registry of digital materials so that, among other things, duplicative digitization could be avoided.Example: The large increase in title ouput in 1980 over the previous year resulted in a doubling of title output between 1960 and 1980.Example: It is contended that this type of bifocal temporal view threatens the traditional ethnographic methodology.Example: These twin objectives are, in practice, not possible to achieve simultaneously.more:
» acristalamiento doble = double glazing .
Example: Large glazed areas mean that users can enjoy natural daylight, but double glazing, tinting, or architectural shading are necessary to alleviate the worst effects of noise, solar gain and solar glare = Las áreas acristaladas permiten que los usuarios puedan disfrutar de la luz natural, aunque el doble acristalamiento, los cristales ahumados, o las sombras arquitectónicas son necesarios para reducir los efectos negativos del ruido, la radiación solar y el resplandor del sol.» a doble columna = double-column .
Example: The final paper must be no more than 10 pages, double-column, single spaced.» a doble espacio = double-spaced .
Example: Final papers are due September 23, 2002 and will be 14-16 pages long, double-spaced, in a standard format, and be accessible as an electronic file.» agente doble = double agent .
Example: Ken talked his way out of it by revealing he was in fact also a double agent.» aparcamiento en doble fila = double parking .
Example: The City Council members are introducing a bill to legalize double parking, the source of thousands of parking tickets.» aparcar en doble file = double park .
Example: Both you and the car that is double parked are responsible. when you do hit a car that is double parked.» bocadillo doble = double-decker sandwich .
Example: I had a double-decker sandwich with what seemed like at least half a pound of turkey.» carretera de doble calzada = dual carriageway .
Example: In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).» carretera de doble carril = dual carriageway .
Example: In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).» codificación de doble fila = double row coding .
Example: Hence, it is often thought desirable to extend the capacity of the index beyond that available with direct single row coding, by resorting to double row coding, and combination coding, in a variety of different patterns.» con doble acristalamiento = double-glazed .
Example: There are many benefits of having a double-glazed conservatory installed onto the front or rear of your property.» con doble espíritu = two-spirited [Término usado principalmente por las tribus nativas de Canadá para referise a los homosexuales] .
Example: Two-spirited is a First Nations term for individuals who are considered to be neither women nor men.» con doble titulación = dually qualified .
Example: It seems possible that in the long-term future all school librarians could be dually qualified in teaching and librarianship.» con una doble finalidad = dual-purpose .
Example: In the 18th century, Hackneys were mainly used as dual-purpose nags by farmers, who greatly valued them for their courage, soundness and endurance.» con un doble objetivo = dual-purpose .
Example: In the 18th century, Hackneys were mainly used as dual-purpose nags by farmers, who greatly valued them for their courage, soundness and endurance.» de densidad doble = double-density .
Example: To save the 'current' MARC record, place a blank, formatted (double-sided, double-density, soft sectored) floppy diskette into drive 'A' of the computer.» de doble cara = double-hinged ; double-sided .
Example: The devices will come in a variety of sizes ranging from pocket sized to double-hinged displays that will present two large pages. Example: To save the 'current' MARC record, place a blank, formatted (double-sided, double-density, soft sectored) floppy diskette into drive 'A' of the computer.» de doble espíritu = two-spirited [Término usado principalmente por las tribus nativas de Canadá para referise a los homosexuales] .
Example: Two-spirited is a First Nations term for individuals who are considered to be neither women nor men.» de doble filo = double-edged .
Example: We need answers to these double-edged questions of why bother about children's books and the method of introducing books to children.» de doble hoja = double-hinged .
Example: The devices will come in a variety of sizes ranging from pocket sized to double-hinged displays that will present two large pages.» de doble sentido = double-edged ; two-way .
Example: We need answers to these double-edged questions of why bother about children's books and the method of introducing books to children. Example: Among Mr. Welsh's professional activities and accomplishments are his successful efforts to foster an increased two-way communication between LC's Processing Department and his professional colleagues in the field.» de doble uso = dual-use .
Example: Although most work on anti-personnel or dual-use lasers is now conducted in secret, the reports above have not been disputed by official sources.» de lente doble = dual-lens .
Example: Dual-lens eyeglasses soon made monocles obsolete because they let you see better out of both eyes at once.» demy doble = double-demy .
Example: Then in 1816 he produced a perfector, with two impression cylinders which printed both sides of the sheet one after the other from two formes, capable in practice of turning out 900 perfected double-demy sheets per hour.» desgracia doble = double whammy .
Example: Researchers have found that two proteins which work in tandem in the brain's blood vessels present a double whammy in Alzheimer's disease.» doble acristalamiento = double glazing .
Example: Large glazed areas mean that users can enjoy natural daylight, but double glazing, tinting, or architectural shading are necessary to alleviate the worst effects of noise, solar gain and solar glare = Las áreas acristaladas permiten que los usuarios puedan disfrutar de la luz natural, aunque el doble acristalamiento, los cristales ahumados, o las sombras arquitectónicas son necesarios para reducir los efectos negativos del ruido, la radiación solar y el resplandor del sol.» doble agente = double agent .
Example: Ken talked his way out of it by revealing he was in fact also a double agent.» doble barba = double chin ; turkey neck [Anomalía física] .
Example: A double chin can be the result of being overweight, poor posture or heredity. Example: It's practically inevitable -- every one of us will slowly succumb to the terrible tragedy of the human body, that is turkey neck.» doble barbilla = double chin ; turkey neck [Anomalía física] .
Example: A double chin can be the result of being overweight, poor posture or heredity. Example: It's practically inevitable -- every one of us will slowly succumb to the terrible tragedy of the human body, that is turkey neck.» doble existencia = double life .
Example: Stories about Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan's alleged double life have been circulating for years.» doble fondo = false bottom .
Example: Some thieves have even built false bottoms in baby carriages.» doble imagen = ghosting .
Example: This new technology produces full screen viewing without ghosting and impeccable colour fidelity.» doble jornada = double shift .
Example: She was on her way back home after a double shift at work when the crash happened.» doble mentón = double chin ; turkey neck [Anomalía física] .
Example: A double chin can be the result of being overweight, poor posture or heredity. Example: It's practically inevitable -- every one of us will slowly succumb to the terrible tragedy of the human body, that is turkey neck.» doble moral = double standard .
Example: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.» doble moralidad = doublespeak .
Example: Careful reasoning can inoculate us against religious fanaticism and political doublespeak.» doble personalidad = split personality ; dual personality .
Example: The term 'split personality,' denoting schizophrenia, refers to an disorder in which the split (separation) is between thought and feeling. Example: That being said, there's serious questions to be asked if the dual personality explanation is taken at face value.» doble rasero = double standard .
Example: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.» doble recesión = double dip recession .
Example: The pace of Germany's recovery is helping dispel fears of a 'double dip' recession across the continent.» doble sentido = double meaning ; equivocation .
Example: In times of dictatorship artists resort to a language of double meaning to express unpopular opinions. Example: We stand with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and other distinguished speakers in stating without equivocation that everyone has the right to freedom of expression.» doble turno = double shift .
Example: She was on her way back home after a double shift at work when the crash happened.» doble turno de trabajo = double shift .
Example: She was on her way back home after a double shift at work when the crash happened.» doble vida = double life .
Example: Stories about Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan's alleged double life have been circulating for years.» el doble = twice + as many .
Example: The uncompetitive English book trade at the end of the seventeenth century imported twice as many books as it was able to sell abroad.» el doble de = twice + the number of .
Example: These are more elaborate then the ALA Rules, with twice the number of rules.» en habitación doble = double occupancy .
Example: The total sample size was 408 freshmen living in double occupancy rooms.» ensayo doble ciego = double-blind research study .
Example: A double-blind research study is one in which neither the subject nor the investigator knows what treatment (if any) the subject is receiving.» espaciado doble = double spacing .
Example: You're probably familiar with the terms single spacing (one line of space between every line of type) and double spacing (two lines).» espía doble = double agent .
Example: Ken talked his way out of it by revealing he was in fact also a double agent.» estacionamiento en doble fila = double parking .
Example: The City Council members are introducing a bill to legalize double parking, the source of thousands of parking tickets.» forma de doble fondo = double-faced mould [En la fabricación manual de papel, forma o módulo que tenía como fondo dos estructuras reticulares de alambre superpuestas con objeto de evitar que las barras sobre la que descansaba la estructura reticular no dejase huella en el papel y de este modo producir un papel vitela a diferencia del papel verjurado] .
Example: By 1759, however, Whatman had produced a wove paper without shadows by making the paper in double-faced moulds with two wire meshes fastened one on top of the other with a small space in between.» habitación con cama doble = double room [Habitación para dos personas con un cama doble] .
Example: Apart from its single rooms, Villa Isis has one double room and three twin rooms with en-suite bathrooms.» habitación doble = twin room [Habitación para dos personas con dos camas individuales] ; double bedroom .
Example: Apart from its single rooms, Villa Isis has one double room and three twin rooms with en-suite bathrooms. Example: On the ground floor there is an additional double bedroom with one single bed and a truckle bed and ensuite shower room.» hacer doble clic = double click .
Example: For the past several days, I've had to double click on each email to open it -- Why?.» ilustración a doble página = spread ; double-page spread .
Example: The spreads are 'printed' in handwriting as neat as the authors can manage; drawings are done, full-color crayon or felt-tip splendour. Example: There are two double-page spreads showing the layout of the subject display and the corresponding alphabetical entries.» KWIC doble = double KWIC .
Example: Double KWIC and Permuterm indexes arrange pairs of keywords, so that the entries under one keyword are organised according to the second keyword.» llevar una doble existencia = lead + a double life ; live + a double life .
Example: Weiner's story is not merely a smutty story, it's a story about an elected official who was leading a double life. Example: Some of the best shows on TV and the most amazing crime stories all revolve around a person living a double life.» llevar una doble vida = lead + a double life ; live + a double life .
Example: Weiner's story is not merely a smutty story, it's a story about an elected official who was leading a double life. Example: Some of the best shows on TV and the most amazing crime stories all revolve around a person living a double life.» minerva doble = double platen machine [En imprenta, máquina de impresión de tamaño reducido en la que la presión se ejerce entre un órgano de presión plano y un portaforma también plano] .
Example: Indeed, the Clarendon Press kept a Napier double platen machine at work until 1950 for the sake of its gentleness with the delicate kerns of Fell italic.» ocupación doble = double occupancy .
Example: The total sample size was 408 freshmen living in double occupancy rooms.» paginación doble = double pagination [Paginación de un documento, generalmente bilingüe, con la misma paginación para el texto original y la traducción del mismo en la página opuesta] .
Example: Double pagination consists in the pagination of a document, usually bilingual, with the same pagination for the original texts and its translation opposite.» persona con doble personalidad = Jekyll and Hyde .
Example: When she had finished Beck said reassuringly: 'Don't let old Tilly bother you - She can be a rotter at times - She's a Jekyl and Hyde, if ever there was one - One minute she's fine; another, she's a monster'.» perspectiva doble = bifocal vision .
Example: Library professionals need bifocal vision which enable commitment to a plan but the ability to adapt to changes in business environment.» poner doble acristalamiento = double glaze .
Example: If your budget is tight, you may choose simply to double glaze the windows in individual rooms rather than your entire property.» por partida doble = doubly ; double ; twice over .
Example: For example, a book on Bridges should be entered under Bridges and not under a broader heading such as Engineering, nor doubly under both headings. Example: Double KWIC and Permuterm indexes arrange pairs of keywords, so that the entries under one keyword are organised according to the second keyword. Example: Grandchildren are your children twice over.» por partida + doble/triple/etc. = on + Número + counts .
Example: This opinion bothers me on two counts, one because it smacks of exploitation and, two, because a fair number of the world's leaders, for better or worse, were remarkably successful as leaders in spite of less than outstanding academic records.» sándwich doble = double-decker sandwich .
Example: I had a double-decker sandwich with what seemed like at least half a pound of turkey.» ser un arma de doble filo = be a mixed blessing ; be a double-edged sword .
Example: This feature, portability, can be a mixed blessing-things which can be moved have a habit of disappearing. Example: The rise of the World Wide Web is a double-edged sword for these systems.» servir una doble función = pull + double duty ; do + double duty .
Example: Check out these products that pull double-duty and can cut your makeup budget in half. Example: A lot of common household items can be surprisingly helpful when you prep your dinner -- everything from a hammer to a hair dryer and rubber bands can do double duty in the kitchen.» tener la doble función = double as ; double up as .
Example: The small art gallery, which often features local crafts, doubles as a room for seniors to play euchre, the local shoe repair man to teach chess, community leaders to plan special action, and so on. Example: With these models the screen itself doubles up as a translucent projection panel for projection by an overhead projector.» tener una doble función = do + double duty ; pull + double duty .
Example: A lot of common household items can be surprisingly helpful when you prep your dinner -- everything from a hammer to a hair dryer and rubber bands can do double duty in the kitchen. Example: Check out these products that pull double-duty and can cut your makeup budget in half.» titulación doble = double major .
Example: Meanwhile, students are hedging their bets: The number of double majors is on the rise, particularly at the most elite schools.» trabajar a doble jornada = work + double shift .
Example: Divorced and raising two children on her own, Lewis often worked double shift to support her family.» trabajar a doble turno = work + double shift .
Example: Divorced and raising two children on her own, Lewis often worked double shift to support her family.» ventana con acristalamiento doble = double-glazed window .
Example: All rooms have en-suite facilities, satellite television with DVD player, central heating, tea and coffee facilities and double-glazed windows.» ver doble = see + double .
Example: Children who develop strabismus usually don't see double because the brain is still developing and can correct for the problem.» vía de doble sentido = two-way street .
Example: The problem is that a lot of people on the web don't seem to get the fact that the web is a two-way street.» vivir una doble existencia = lead + a double life ; live + a double life .
Example: Weiner's story is not merely a smutty story, it's a story about an elected official who was leading a double life. Example: Some of the best shows on TV and the most amazing crime stories all revolve around a person living a double life.