verb🔗ShareDoblarTo bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself."The student carefully folded the paper airplane. "El estudiante dobló cuidadosamente el avión de papel.materialactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDoblarTo make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending."She is folding the clean laundry and putting it away in the closet. "Ella está doblando la ropa limpia y guardándola en el armario.materialactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDoblar, plegarTo become folded; to form folds."The clean laundry is folding itself into neat piles on the table. "La ropa limpia se está doblando en montones ordenados sobre la mesa.actionprocessappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDerrumbarse, colapsarTo fall over; to be crushed."The chair folded under his enormous weight."La silla se derrumbó bajo su enorme peso.disasteractionsituationwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAbrazar, plegarTo enclose within folded arms (see also enfold)."The mother, seeing her child upset, comforted her by folding her in a warm embrace. "La madre, al ver a su hija molesta, la consoló abrazándola con cariño.bodyactionhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCeder, plegarseTo give way on a point or in an argument."After hours of negotiation, the company finally started folding on their demand for lower wages. "Después de horas de negociación, la empresa finalmente comenzó a ceder en su demanda de salarios más bajos.attitudepointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRetirarse, abandonarTo withdraw from betting."With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded."Sin corazones en el river y sin posibilidad de completar su escalera, se retiró.betgamebusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRetirarse, abandonar(by extension) To withdraw or quit in general."After a week of disappointing sales, the company decided to start folding their new product line. "Después de una semana de ventas decepcionantes, la empresa decidió abandonar su nueva línea de productos.actionbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIncorporar suavementeTo stir gently, with a folding action."Fold the egg whites into the batter."Incorpore suavemente las claras de huevo a la masa.foodactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCerrar, quebrarOf a company, to cease to trade."The company folded after six quarters of negative growth."La empresa quebró después de seis trimestres de crecimiento negativo.businesseconomyfinancecommerceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDoblar, plegarTo double or lay together, as the arms or the hands."He folded his arms in defiance."Cruzó los brazos en señal de desafío.actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDoblar, plegar, ocultarTo cover or wrap up; to conceal."She was folding the truth to protect her little brother from getting into trouble. "Ella estaba ocultando la verdad para proteger a su hermano pequeño de meterse en problemas.actionwayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEncerrar animales en un redilTo confine animals in a fold."The shepherd is folding the sheep into the pen for the night to protect them from predators. "El pastor está encerrando las ovejas en el redil para la noche para protegerlas de los depredadores.animalagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePliegue, dobladoThe action of folding; a fold."The origami crane required careful folding to get its shape just right. "La grulla de origami requería un doblado cuidadoso para obtener la forma correcta.actionprocessmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEl encierro de ovejas en corrales en tierras de cultivoThe keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc."The farmer practiced intensive folding to improve the soil fertility of his wheat field. "El agricultor practicó el encierro intensivo de ovejas para mejorar la fertilidad del suelo de su campo de trigo.agricultureanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePlegado de códigoCode folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation."Using code folding, the programmer could quickly scan the file by hiding the lengthy function definitions. "Usando el plegado de código, el programador podía escanear rápidamente el archivo ocultando las largas definiciones de funciones.computingtechnologyinternettechnicalwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePlegamientoThe deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression."The Appalachian Mountains are a classic example of folding, a result of the immense pressure that slowly crumpled the Earth's crust over millions of years. "Los Apalaches son un ejemplo clásico de plegamiento, resultado de la inmensa presión que arrugó lentamente la corteza terrestre durante millones de años.geologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBilletesPaper money, as opposed to coins."I prefer to carry folding rather than coins because it's lighter in my wallet. "Prefiero llevar billetes en lugar de monedas porque es más ligero en mi cartera.financeeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePlegableDesigned to fold; as a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair, etc."We brought a folding table to the picnic so we could easily carry it. "Llevamos una mesa plegable al picnic para poder transportarla fácilmente.itemutilitybuildingmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading