Meaning
to dub; lap
- to replace the original soundtrack of a film with speech in another language
- to overtake a slower competitor by one full lap in a race
- to round or double (e.g., a cape at sea)
In a sentence
Hanno scelto un attore famoso per doppiare il protagonista della serie.
They chose a famous actor to dub the lead character of the series.
Il pilota in testa è riuscito a doppiare quasi tutti gli avversari.
The leading driver managed to lap almost all his rivals.
Preferisci guardare le serie sottotitolate oppure doppiate in italiano?
Do you prefer watching series subtitled or dubbed into Italian?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| doppiare | infinitive |
| doppio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| doppi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| doppia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| doppiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| doppiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| doppiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| doppiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| doppiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| doppiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| doppiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| doppiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| doppiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| doppiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| doppiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| doppiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| doppiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| doppiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| doppiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| doppierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| doppierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| doppierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| doppieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| doppierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| doppieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| doppi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| doppi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| doppi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| doppiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| doppiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| doppino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| doppiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| doppiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| doppiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| doppiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| doppiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| doppiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| doppierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| doppieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| doppierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| doppieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| doppiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| doppierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| doppia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| doppiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| doppiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| doppiando | gerund |
| doppiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere'. Regular -are conjugation.
- A voice actor who dubs films is called a 'doppiatore' (m) or 'doppiatrice' (f).