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Un falso amigo es un cognado que tiene cara de ser un amigo verdadero, pero tienen significados diferentes.
doble / double
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doble
A. -adjective
1. [puerta, tela, densidad, agente] double [control, nacionalidad] dual [raciónoun, café] large [cuerda] extra strong [ventaja] twofold
·un whisky doble
·a double whisky
·no aparcar en doble fila
·no double-parking
·lo expulsaron por doble amonestaciónoun
·he was sent off after receiving a second yellow card
·una tela de doble ancho
·a double-width piece of fabric
·estánoun trabajando a doble turno
·they are working double shifts
·tiene doble motivo para quejarse
·he has double reason to complain
a. doble [acristalamiento]
(Spain) double glazing
b. de doble [cara] [disquete, hoja, espejo] double-sided [abrigo, chaqueta] reversible
·impresiónoun a doble cara
·double-sided printing
c. doble [cristal] = double glazing
d. doble [espacio] = double-spacing
·diez páginas impresas a doble espacio
·ten pages printed in double-spacing
e. doble [falta] (Baloncesto, Tenis) double fault
f. doble [fondo] = false bottom
·un maletínoun con doble fondo
·a case with a false bottom
·en todo lo que dice hay un doble fondo
·there'noun a double meaning in everything he says
g. doble [intenciónoun] = double intention
·no iba con doble intenciónoun
·he did not have ulterior motives o double intentions
h. doble [juego] = double-dealing
·hacer un doble juego
·to play a double game
i. doble [página] = two-page spread, double-page spread
·una fotografía a doble página
·a two-page photograph
j. doble [personalidad] = split personality
k. de doble [sentido] [calle] two-way antes de noun [chiste, palabra] with a double meaning
·todo lo que dice tiene un doble sentido
·everything he says has a double meaning
l. doble [tracciónoun] = four-wheel drive
m. [visiónoun] doble = double vision
2. (=hipócrita) [persona] two-faced
3. (Dominó) [ficha] double
·el cuatro doble
·the double four
B. -adverb
[ver] double
[beber, comer] twice as much
·con estas gafas veo doble
·these glasses make me see double
C. -noun masculine
1. (=cantidad)
a. [el] doble
·ahora gana el doble
·now he earns twice as much, now he earns double
·su sueldo es el doble del masculineío
·his salary is twice as much as mine, his salary is double mine
·necesitamos una casa el doble de grande
·we need a house twice as big as this o double the size
·lleva el doble de harina
·it has twice the amount of flour, it has double the amount of flour
·¿cuál es el doble de diez?
·what'noun two times ten?
·apostar doble contra sencillo
·to bet two to one
b. el doble [que] = twice as much as
·gana el doble que yo
·he earns double what I do o twice as much as me
c. doble o nada double or quits
2. (=copia)
a. [de documento] duplicate copy
b. [de llave] duplicate key
3. (sewing)
(=pliegue) pleat
4. [de campanas] toll(ing)
·¿oyes el doble de campanas?
·can you hear the bells tolling?
5. dobles
(Tenis) doubles
·un partido de dobles
·a doubles match
·dobles (de) caballeros men'noun doubles
·dobles (de) damas
·dobles femeninos ladies' doubles
·dobles masculinos men'noun doubles
·dobles mixtos mixed doubles
6. (Bridge) double
·doble de castigo penalty double
·doble de llamada asking double
7. **
a. [de cárcel] prison governor, head warden United States
D. -noun masculine and feminine
1. (cinema) double, stand-in
2. (=persona parecida) (generally) double
a. [de algúnoun famoso] lookalike
·me han dicho que tengo un doble
·I've been told I have a double
·varios dobles de Elvis Presley
·some Elvis Presley lookalikes
3. (=persona falsa) double-dealer
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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