doblegar

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

• (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

• “doblegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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/, [d̪oβleˈɣaɾ]

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

• Rule: g becomes a gu before e.

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