doble

/ˈdoble/, [ˈd̪o.β̞le]

double


Examples
  • Estacioné en doble fila. ¿Podrías apurarte?

    I'm double-parked. Could you hurry it up?

  • Haga doble clic en el ícono.

    Double-click the icon.

  • Ese perro es exactamente el doble de tamaño que éste.

    That dog is exactly twice the size of this one.

  • Estoy seguro de que la gente viviría el doble si parasen de preocuparse por todo.

    I'm sure people would live twice as long if they stopped getting themselves worked up over everything.

  • Tom tiene doble personalidad.

    Tom has a dual personality.

  • Quisiera una habitación doble por cuatro noches a partir de hoy por alrededor de cincuenta dólares por noche.

    I'd like a double for four nights from tonight for about fifty dollars a night.

  • Tom tiene la doble nacionalidad.

    Tom has dual citizenship.

  • Doble a la derecha.

    Turn right.

  • Él comió el doble de lo que comiste.

    He ate twice the amount that you ate.

  • Esto es el doble de largo que eso.

    This is twice as large as that.

  • Nos gustaría una habitación doble con baño.

    We'd like a double room with bath.

  • Es por eso que la carne de avestruz cuesta más del doble que la de ternera o cerdo.

    That's why ostrich meat costs more than twice as much as beef and pork.

  • Ser un angloparlante es una espada de doble filo. Por un lado, hablas a la perfección el idioma más útil del mundo; pero por el otro, nadie quiere hablar en otro idioma contigo, lo cual dificulta el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras.

    Being an anglophone is a double-edged sword. On one hand, you speak perfectly the world's most useful language. But on the other, no one wants to speak anything else with you - making foreign language acquisition difficult.

  • Su sueldo es el doble del de hace siete años atrás.

    His salary is double what it was seven years ago.

  • Supongamos que el número de incidentes es el doble del que hay oficialmente registrado.

    Let us suppose that the number of incidents is twice that of those officially recorded.

  • El precio es el doble de lo que era el año pasado.

    The price is double what it was last year.

  • La única habitación libre es una habitación doble.

    The only room available is a double.

  • La justicia en este país tiene un poco de doble rasero: la justicia del pobre y la justicia del rico.

    Justice in this country is a bit of a double standard: there is the justice of the poor and the justice of the rich.

  • Tus ingresos son sobre el doble de grandes que los míos.

    Your income is about twice as large as mine.

  • Ese jersey amarillo cuesta el doble que este jersey azul.

    That yellow sweater costs twice as much as this blue one.


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