desdoblar

v.

1 to unfold (servilleta, papel).

La chica desdobló su ropa The girl unfolded her clothes.

2 to split.

El sistema desdobla la energía The system splits the energy.

3 to break down.

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desdoblar

► verbo transitivo

1 to unfold

2 figurado (duplicar) to split

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1. VT

1) (=desplegar) [+ pañuelo] to unfold; [+ mantel] to spread out; [+ alambre] to untwist

2) (Quím) to break down (en into)

3) (=duplicar) to double

desdoblar un cargo — to split the functions of a post

4) [+ carretera] to widen

5) [+ tema] to expand upon, explain

2.

See:

desdoblarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <servilleta/pañuelo> to unfold

2)

a) <imagen> to split

b) <función/cargo> to split, divide

2.

desdoblarse v pron to divide into two, split into two

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= unfold.

Ex. This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

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* sin desdoblarse = unfolded.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <servilleta/pañuelo> to unfold

2)

a) <imagen> to split

b) <función/cargo> to split, divide

2.

desdoblarse v pron to divide into two, split into two

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= unfold.

Ex: This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

* sin desdoblarse = unfolded.

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desdoblar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹servilleta/pañuelo› to unfold

B

1 ‹imagen› to split

2 ‹función/cargo› to split, divide

3 (Transp):

se desdoblará el tramo entre Montoro y Villa del Río (Auto) the section between Montoro and Villa del Río is to be converted into a four-lane highway (AmE) o (BrE) a dual carriageway

desdoblaron la vía entre … (Ferr) they laid double tracks between …

■ desdoblarse

v pron

to divide into two, split into two

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desdoblar (conjugate desdoblar) verbo transitivo ‹servilleta/pañuelo› to unfold
desdoblarse verbo pronominal
to divide into two, split into two
'desdoblar' also found in these entries:
English:
unfold

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desdoblar

♦ vt

1. [desplegar] [mantel, pañuelo, periódico] to unfold;

[alambre] to straighten out

2. [dividir] to split;

desdoblaron el antiguo ministerio en dos nuevas carteras they divided the old ministry into two portfolios

3. [carretera] to make into a Br dual carriageway o US divided highway;

[ferrocarril] to make into a two-track (line)

♦ See also the pronominal verb desdoblarse

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desdoblar

v/t

1 unfold

2 (dividir) split

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desdoblar vt

desplegar: to unfold

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desdoblar vb to unfold