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his knees buckled beneath him

  • 1 doblarse

    1 (plegarse) to fold
    2 (torcerse) to bend
    3 (rendirse) to give in
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=plegarse) [papel, tela] to fold (up); [alambre, barra] to bend
    2) [persona] (=encorvarse) to bend; (=retorcerse) to double up; (=doblegarse) to give up, give in

    no se doblaba ante los problemashe didn't give up o in when faced by problems

    3) [cantidad] to double
    * * *
    (v.) = curl up, deflect, buckle, bend down, bend over
    Ex. It is sometimes necessary to weight the bottom of each map with a piece of dowelling to prevent curling up.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. The arches of greenhouses buckle under snow loads but the criteria used to study the effects are devised for rectilinear beams.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. When I bend down, or bend over, my head starts to pulse and sometimes it feels like it is going to explode.
    * * *
    (v.) = curl up, deflect, buckle, bend down, bend over

    Ex: It is sometimes necessary to weight the bottom of each map with a piece of dowelling to prevent curling up.

    Ex: 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.
    Ex: The arches of greenhouses buckle under snow loads but the criteria used to study the effects are devised for rectilinear beams.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: When I bend down, or bend over, my head starts to pulse and sometimes it feels like it is going to explode.

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    ■doblarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (retorcerse) to bend: me doblaba de la risa, I doubled up with laughter
    2 (duplicarse) to double: se han doblado las ventas desde que llegó, sales have doubled since she came
    3 (doblegarse) to give in: ¡yo no me doblo ante nada!, I won't ever give in!
    ' doblarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    doblar
    - inclinar
    English:
    bend
    - buckle
    - curve
    - double
    - fold
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [duplicarse] to double
    2. [someterse]
    doblarse a to give in to
    3. [plegarse] to fold
    4. [torcerse] to bend
    5. [de dolor, risa] to double up
    6. [en dominó] to put down a double
    * * *
    v/r bend; fig
    give in
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to fold up, to double over
    2) : to give in, to yield

    Spanish-English dictionary > doblarse

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