explain in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.explain [Am ɪkˈspleɪn, Brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] VB trans

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II.explain [Am ɪkˈspleɪn, Brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] VB refl

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III.explain [Am ɪkˈspleɪn, Brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] VB intr

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explain away VB [Am ɪkˈspleɪn -, Brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

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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 inf

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explain in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for explain in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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Translations for explain in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

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explain Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

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
and now I will (go on to) explain why
paso a explicar porqué
would you be so kind as to explain it to me?
¿sería Ud. tan amable de explicármelo?
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Hiking trails include a self-guided trail around the fort ruins with interpretive signs explaining each of the buildings.
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The literature review needs to explain the reason the study was conducted and why it was important for the study to be conducted now.
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The site continues to explain that, even in a workplace in which swearing is the norm, there is no need to participate in it.
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The theorem does not explain what it takes for the system to become a good regulator.
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It explains all the mysterious forces we invented religions around.
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He explains the habits and personalities of these animals.
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He explained that they would wait for the shuttle to land, so the potential harm to the shuttle would not be a factor.
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He explained that if the general's soldiers understood their commands but did not obey, it was the fault of the officers.
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She listens in guilt as he explains that all he does is work and come home to an empty house.
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By 1917, he had published his theory of heterosis, which explained the increased vigor and yield observed in hybrid maize.
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