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I. explain [ingl. am. ɪkˈspleɪn, ingl. brit. ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] V. trans.

1. explain (make understandable):

explain: explicar

to explain sth to sb: explicarle algo a alguien

she explained it to me: me lo explicó

she explained to us how it had happened/why she had done it: nos explicó cómo había pasado/por qué lo había hecho

2. explain (account for):

explain actions/absence/disappearance: explicar

how do you explain the fact that … ?: ¿cómo explica el hecho de que … ?

that explains everything!: eso lo explica or aclara todo

I explained that I'd been delayed: les expliqué que me había retrasado

II. explain [ingl. am. ɪkˈspleɪn, ingl. brit. ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] V. v. refl.

to explain oneself: explicarse

please explain yourself more clearly: por favor explíquese más claramente

you're late, explain yourself!: explique por qué llega tarde

III. explain [ingl. am. ɪkˈspleɪn, ingl. brit. ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] V. intr.

will you explain?: ¿me lo explicas?

if you'd just let me explain: al menos déjame que te explique

he's got some explaining to do: nos debe una explicación

explain away V. [ingl. am. ɪkˈspleɪn -, ingl. brit. ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

explain away fact/result:

explain away: encontrar una explicación convincente para

how are you going to explain that away?: ¿cómo te las vas a arreglar para explicar eso?

how are you going to explain that away?: ¿cómo vas a encontrar una explicación convincente para eso?

laboriously explain/write: farragosamente

laboriously explain/write: trabajosamente

vaguely explain: vagamente

vaguely explain: con imprecisión

vaguely explain: de manera imprecisa

I'll explain if you'll just hear me out: te lo explicaré si estás dispuesta a escucharme

plainly explain: claramente

simply explain/describe: simplemente

simply explain/describe: sencillamente

neatly solve/explain/evade: hábilmente

neatly solve/explain/evade: ingeniosamente

he got terribly tangled up trying to explain himself: se hizo un enredo tratando de explicarse

he got terribly tangled up trying to explain himself: se hizo un lío tratando de explicarse coloq.

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hizo un inciso para explicar el cambio: he digressed in order to explain the change

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I. explain [ɪkˈspleɪn] V. trans.

explain: explicar

to explain a text to a pupil: explicar un texto a un alumno

to explain how/what/where/why ...: explicar cómo/qué/dónde/por qué...

to explain oneself: explicarse

that explains everything!: ¡eso lo aclara todo!

to explain away sth: justificar algo

II. explain [ɪkˈspleɪn] V. intr.

explain: explicar

explain away V. trans.

explain away: justificar

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explanar: to explain

explicar algo de forma escueta: to explain sth briefly

difícil de explicar: difficult to explain

¿sería Ud. tan amable de explicármelo?: would you be so kind as to explain it to me?

motivar: to explain

comentar (explicar): to explain

especificar: to explain

exponer: to explain

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I. explain [ɪk·ˈspleɪn] V. trans.

explain: explicar

to explain how/what/where/why...: explicar cómo/qué/dónde/por qué...

to explain oneself: explicarse

that explains everything!: ¡eso lo aclara todo!

II. explain [ɪk·ˈspleɪn] V. intr.

explain: explicar

explain away V. trans.

explain away: justificar

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explicar algo de forma escueta: to explain sth briefly

demostrar: to explain

motivar: to explain

explanar: to explain

difícil de explicar: difficult to explain

¿sería Ud. tan amable de explicármelo?: would you be so kind as to explain it to me?

comentar (explicar): to explain

especificar: to explain

Present
I	explain
you	explain
he/she/it	explains
we	explain
you	explain
they	explain

Past
I	explained
you	explained
he/she/it	explained
we	explained
you	explained
they	explained

Present Perfect
I	have	explained
you	have	explained
he/she/it	has	explained
we	have	explained
you	have	explained
they	have	explained

Past Perfect
I	had	explained
you	had	explained
he/she/it	had	explained
we	had	explained
you	had	explained
they	had	explained

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Ejemplos de uso en el diccionario PONS (revisados por la redacción)

that's sort of difficult to explain: es algo difícil de explicar

to explain a text to a pupil: explicar un texto a un alumno

to explain how/what/where/why ...: explicar cómo/qué/dónde/por qué...

to explain oneself: explicarse

to explain away sth: justificar algo

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

Its color pattern is distinct and very irregular, the middorsal series of blotches being plainly wider than they are long.

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Beauty depends not only on geometrical forms or simplified colors, but plainly beauty as it exists in itself.

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As a child of four can plainly see, these envelopes have been hermetically sealed.

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She plainly knew the meaning of everything she sang, and how to express it.

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We are raised from birth to believe things that can not be proven or that are plainly not true.

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