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Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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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
español
español
inglés
inglés
justificativo
note explaining reasons for one's absence
justificante de ausencia
note explaining reasons for one's absence
explica confusamente los conceptos
he has a confusing way of explaining ideas
lo bravo va a ser explicárselo a ella
the tricky o hard part's going to be explaining it to her
explicar
to explain
¿nos puedes explicar en qué consiste el juego?
can you explain to us o show us how to play the game?
¿nos vas a explicar por qué llegaste tan tarde?
are you going to explain why o give us an explanation as to why you were so late?
no sé explicarlo
I don't know how to express o explain it
no sé lo que quieres decir, explícate
I don't know what you're trying to say, explain what you mean
no sabe explicarse
he isn't very good at expressing himself o putting his ideas across o explaining things

en el diccionario PONS

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inglés
español
español

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
español
español
inglés
inglés
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
en el diccionario PONS
inglés
inglés
español
español

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
español
español
inglés
inglés
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
Iexplain
youexplain
he/she/itexplains
weexplain
youexplain
theyexplain
Past
Iexplained
youexplained
he/she/itexplained
weexplained
youexplained
theyexplained
Present Perfect
Ihaveexplained
youhaveexplained
he/she/ithasexplained
wehaveexplained
youhaveexplained
theyhaveexplained
Past Perfect
Ihadexplained
youhadexplained
he/she/ithadexplained
wehadexplained
youhadexplained
theyhadexplained
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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
paso a explicar porqué
and now I will (go on to) explain why
¿sería Ud. tan amable de explicármelo?
would you be so kind as to explain it to me?

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

He criticized the film's lack of explaining plot elements, its hackneyed storyline and lackluster effort by the actors.
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The artist also has the opportunity, if desired, to include metadata with their character explaining the story behind the design, who they are, and their country of residence.
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This relieves the dispatcher of explaining every radio message to a caller.
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She compared it to writing the season six finale, by explaining that the former was more painful to write.
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Analysis of the starlet sea anemone genome has emphasised the importance of sponges, placozoans, and choanoflagellates, also being sequenced, in explaining the arrival of 1500 ancestral genes unique to animals.
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