- triple
- 'tripl
1. adjective1) (three times (as big, much etc as usual): He received triple wages for all his extra work; a triple whisky.) triple2) (made up of three (parts etc): a triple agreement.) triple
2. verb(to make or become three times as much, big etc; to treble: He tripled his income; His income tripled in ten years.) triplicar
3. noun(three times the (usual) amount: If you work the bank holiday, you will be paid triple.) triple- triplettriple adj triple
triple adjetivo triple ■ sustantivo masculino 1 (Mat):◊ el precio aumentó al triple the price tripled o trebled;tardó el triple it took him three times as long; el triple de tres es nueve three times three equals nine 2 (Elec) three-way adapter o adaptor
triple
I adjetivo triple
II sustantivo masculino triple: me costó el triple que a él, I paid three times as much as he 'triple' also found in these entries: Spanish: salto - tripla - triplicar - triplo English: threefold - treble - tripletripletr['trɪpəl]adjective1 tripletransitive verb1 triplicarintransitive verb1 triplicarse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLtriple jump triple saltotriple ['trɪpəl] vt, -pled ; -pling : triplicartriple adj: tripletriple n: triple mtriplev.• triplicar v.adj.• triple adj.n.• triple s.m.
I 'trɪpəladjective triple
II
adverbtriple the amount — el triple
III
1.
transitive verb triplicar*
2.
via) (increase threefold) triplicarse*b) (in baseball) (AmE) hacer* un triple or un triplete
IV
noun (in baseball) (AmE) triple m, triplete m['trɪpl]1.ADJ triple2.ADV el triple, tres vecestriple the sum — el triple
3.N (=jump) triple m4.VT triplicar5.VI triplicarse6.CPDTriple Alliance N — (Hist) Triple Alianza f
triple glazing N — triple acristalamiento m
triple jump N — triple salto m
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I ['trɪpəl]adjective triple
II
adverbtriple the amount — el triple
III
1.
transitive verb triplicar*
2.
via) (increase threefold) triplicarse*b) (in baseball) (AmE) hacer* un triple or un triplete
IV
noun (in baseball) (AmE) triple m, triplete m
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
