La palabra del día: doblar

Question

doblar - to fold, to bend; to turn around; to double; to dub

doblar en SpanishDict

Post your sentences and vote for the ones you like. The correct answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the biggest number of votes.

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¡Querido Papá Noel!

Por favor, doble mi salario el año que viene. He estado realmente buena y obediente, y he hecho todos los deberes y las tareas domésticas.

Un saludo, Issabela

Dear Father Christmas!

Please, double my salary next year. I've been really good and obedient and I've been doing all my homework and housework.

Yours, Issabela

Should I use "he estado buna" or "he sido buena"? - Issabela, Dec 17, 2009

Just curious why you used doble and not dobla. Is it because the salary doubling is unlikey? I thought a soft command used indicative tense.. - jeezzle, Dec 17, 2009

Because I'm asking someone in authority - that's why I'm using the subjunctive form. - Issabela, Dec 17, 2009

So asking an authority figure activates the subjunctive tense? Just curious. - jeezzle, Dec 17, 2009

She is saying that she is using the formal command construction which uses the present tense subjunctive mood endings. - 0074b507, Dec 17, 2009

Thanks, Q :) jeezzle, you can find out more here: http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/100066/formal-commands - Issabela, Dec 17, 2009

Definitely not "buna", hehe. - Eddy, Dec 17, 2009

Just wondering why you are using formal command to Papá Noel? Surely he´s a friendly old guy. - caza, Dec 17, 2009

Well, I'm writing to the bishop, not to this big gnome-like old man from the Coca-Cola ads :-P - Issabela, Dec 17, 2009

Aha - well that would be formal - let´s hope he brings you some buena suerte then - caza, Dec 17, 2009

Answer 1

SpanishDict ha doblado mi conocimiento español y lo hizo divertido de aprender otro idioma.

SpanishDict has doubled my Spanish knowledge and has made it fun to learn another language!

Answer 2

En esta estación, corto los copos de nieve de papel con mis hijos. Se hacen así: doblar un pliego en seis, cortar con pequeños tijeretazos, desdoblar, y pegar en la ventana.

In this season, I make paper snowflakes with my kids. Here´s how you do it: fold a paper in six, cut with small snips, unfold, and stick in the window.

Pretty :)) - Issabela, Dec 17, 2009

Answer 3

Un anúncio viejo para Doublemint Gum de Wrigley: 'Doble su placer, doble su divertido.' Se usaban hermanas gemelas bonitas para ayuda venderlo.

An old advertisement for Wrigley's Doublemint Gum: "Double your pleasure, double your fun." Pretty twin sisters were used to help sell it.

That was the first thing that came to my mind! - nizhoni1, Dec 17, 2009

Answer 4

Hay películas donde el protagonista dobla dos papeles.

There are films in which the main male character takes/plays two parts.

Answer 5

No preguntar para quien dobla la campana...la campana dobla para ti... Don't ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

(Una frase seria en este dia feliz!)

Answer 6

Doble a la derecha en la calle Garcia, y vaya por cien metros a la pequeña panadería.

Turn right on Garcia street, and go 100 meters to the small bakery.

Answer 7

¿Quieres jugar a doble o nada?

Do you want to play double or nothing?

Answer 8

A mí me encantan las galletas de chocolate. La próxima vez las cocinaré, doblaré la receta.

I love chocolate chip cookies. The next time I bake some, I´ll double the recipe.

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¿Está bien dicho ¨La próxima vez las cocinaré¨?

Answer 9

El Paso Doble es un baile gitano popular en España.

The Paso Doble is a popular gypsy dance in Spain

i.e two step dance = doble

Answer 10

He paid me double for it.

Me lo pagó al doble.

Answer 11

Dobla a la izquierda en la esquina.

Turn left at the corner.

Answer 12

El Senado dobló a muerte el proyecto de ley de coberatura medica.

The senate sounded the death knell for the medical coverage bill.

Answer 13

There are days even if you bend over backwards people are not satisfied. Hay días, incluso si usted dobla posterior hacia atrás la gente no está satisfecho.

Answer 14

Su marido le dobla el sueldo

Her husband earns twice as much as her or Her husband earns double what she does.

Answer 15

No me importa lavar la ropa, pero no me gusta doblarla ni ponerla en el armario. Quizás cuando gano la lotería mi sirvienta va a hacerlo para mi.

(I don't mind washing clothes, but I don't like folding it and putting it in the closet. Maybe when I win the lottery my maid will do this for me.)