EXPLAIN - Translation from English into Slovenian

How would you like to use PONS.com?

Already PONS Pur or PONS Translate Pro subscriber?

PONS with ads

Go to PONS.com as usual with ad tracking and advertisements

You can find details of tracking in Information about data protection and under Privacy settings.

PONS Pur

without advertising by third parties

without ad tracking

Subscribe now

If you already have a user account for PONS.com, then you can subscribe to PONS Pur .

We process your data to deliver content or advertisements and measure the delivery of such content or advertisements to extract insights about our website. We share this information with our partners on the basis of consent and legitimate interest. You may exercise your right to consent or object to a legitimate interest, based on a specific purpose below or at a partner level in the link under each purpose. These choices will be signaled to our vendors participating in the Transparency and Consent Framework.

Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers, randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other information (e.g. browser type and information, language, screen size, supported technologies etc.) can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each time it connects to an app or to a website, for one or several of the purposes presented here.

Advertising and content can be personalised based on your profile. Your activity on this service can be used to build or improve a profile about you for personalised advertising and content. Advertising and content performance can be measured. Reports can be generated based on your activity and those of others. Your activity on this service can help develop and improve products and services.

I. ex·plain [ɪkˈspleɪn, ekˈ-] VB trans

explain: razlagati [perf razložiti]

explain reason, motive: pojasnjevati [perf pojasniti]

to explain oneself: opravičiti se

you'd better explain yourself: bolje, da se opravičiš

II. ex·plain [ɪkˈspleɪn, ekˈ-] VB intr

explain: razlagati [perf razložiti]

I just can't explain: preprosto ne morem razložiti

let me explain: dovolite, da razložim

explain away VB trans

explain: skušati opravičiti

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

See further verb tables

PONS OpenDict

Would you like to add a word, a phrase or a translation?

We'd love you to send us a new entry for PONS OpenDict. The submitted suggestions are reviewed by the PONS editorial team and incorporated into the results accordingly.

Add entry

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I just can't explain: preprosto ne morem razložiti

you'd better explain yourself: bolje, da se opravičiš

let me explain: dovolite, da razložim

that's sort of difficult to explain: to je precej težko razložiti

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Schemata have been proposed as a way to explain the persistence of stereotypes.

en.wikipedia.org

A car manufacturer, for example, may present a new hybrid vehicle and support the sales presentation with a microsite specific to explaining hybrid technology.

en.wikipedia.org

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

en.wikipedia.org

He explains that he would like to speak to him about forestry.

en.wikipedia.org

The theorem does not explain what it takes for the system to become a good regulator.

en.wikipedia.org