quadruple

cuadruplicarse

Pasar a tener cuatro veces el tamaño o la cantidad inicial.

En inglés sencillo: To become four times as large or as much.

• Sales quadrupled last year.
• The population has quadrupled since 1950.
• Your investment could quadruple in value.

Cómo se usa: quadruple in size/value (The town quadrupled in size within twenty years.)

Sinónimos: increase fourfold

Expresiones frecuentes: quadruple in value, quadruple in size, almost quadruple

cuadruplicar

Hacer que una cantidad o un número pase a ser cuatro veces el inicial.

En inglés sencillo: To make an amount or number four times as large.

• They quadrupled the budget.
• We must quadruple production to meet demand.
• The company has quadrupled its workforce since opening.

Sinónimos: multiply by four

Antónimos: quarter

Expresiones frecuentes: quadruple the budget, quadruple production, quadruple the workforce

cuádruple

De un tamaño o una cantidad cuatro veces mayor que otro.

En inglés sencillo: Four times as large or as many as something else.

• We need quadruple the amount.
• They paid quadruple the original price.
• The skater attempted a quadruple jump.

Cómo se usa: quadruple the ... (The new tank holds quadruple the volume of the old one.)

Sinónimos: fourfold

Expresiones frecuentes: quadruple the amount, quadruple the size, a quadruple jump