# duplicar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duplicāre. Compare the inherited doublet doblegar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [du.pliˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [du.pliˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

duplicar (first-person singular present duplico, first-person singular preterite dupliquí, past participle duplicat)
* (transitive, reflexive) to double
** 2019 April 2, Sònia Sánchez, “Més de 113 milions de persones al món pateixen desnutrició severa”, in Ara‎:Les necessitats d'ajuda humanitària s'han duplicat en els últims deu anys, fins al punt de créixer un 127%.The needs of humanitarian aid have doubled in the last ten years, growing as high as 127%.

#### Related terms

* duplicat

### Further reading

* “duplicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “duplicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “duplicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “duplicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duplicāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /du.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [du.pliˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /du.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [du.pliˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /du.pliˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /du.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [du.pliˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /du.pliˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /du.pliˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /du.pliˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /du.pliˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: du‧pli‧car

### Verb

duplicar (first-person singular present duplico, first-person singular preterite dupliquei, past participle duplicado)
* (transitive) to duplicate, to double (to make a copy of)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* duplo

### Further reading

* “duplicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duplicāre. Compare the doublet doblegar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dupliˈkaɾ/ [d̪u.pliˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: du‧pli‧car

### Verb

duplicar (first-person singular present duplico, first-person singular preterite dupliqué, past participle duplicado)
* (transitive, reflexive) to double; to be twice as much as
** 2019 April 16, María Laura Avignolo, “Con un aluvión de donaciones prometen reconstruir Notre Dame en sólo cinco años”, in Clarín‎:Los Pinault donaron 100 millones de dólares de su fondo de inversión inmediatamente. Arnault, dueño de Louis Vuitton, Dior y otros grandes negocios del lujo, duplicó con 200 millones de euros.The Pinaults donated 100 million dollars from their investment fund immediately. Arnault, owner of Louis Vuitton, Dior and other large luxury businesses, doubled with 200 million euros.
* (transitive) to duplicate, to copy
    Synonym: copiar
* (transitive, law) to rejoin

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* duplicación
* duplicado
* reduplicar

### Further reading

* “duplicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10