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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

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¡amigo!, eso explica …: ah, so that's it, that explains …

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

en el diccionario PONS

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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

that explains everything!: ¡eso lo aclara todo!

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)

I had a month, that was it, he explains.

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Drug resistant parasites are often used to explain malaria treatment failure.

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He has gotten a whiff of something burning and food cooking when there was no source to explain this.

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More recent research claims that this is not enough to explain the effect.

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This explains the above common gcd and the phenomenon is true in any base if 10 is replaced by "b", the base.

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