explains in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for explains in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.explain [Am ɪkˈspleɪn, Brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] VB 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 [Am ɪkˈspleɪn, Brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] VB 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 [Am ɪkˈspleɪn, Brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] VB 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 VB [Am ɪkˈspleɪn -, 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?

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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

Translations for explains in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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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

explains in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for explains in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.explain [ɪkˈspleɪn] VB 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] VB intr

explain

explicar

explain away VB trans

explain away

justificar

Translations for explains in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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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

explains 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

that explains everything!

¡eso lo aclara todo!

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?

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The crowding out argument explains why large and sustained government deficits take a toll on growth; they reduce capital formation.

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As the article explains, people of the future wouldn't just be consuming products made from pulp, but also from used table linen and old rayon underwear.

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Tush explains that the local authorities are making life difficult for him by such means as introducing roadworks on the only access road.

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Book explains polygraph methods, the handling of polygraph recordings and interpretation of the results.

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Furthermore, dydrogesterone does not undergo 17-hydroxylation, which explains its lack of androgenic effects.

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He explains, not unkindly, that he is not a man who loves easily and is unsuited to marriage.

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This explains why the white walls stand out from the cornerstones instead of the other way around.

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That explains how the company has been able to crank out such consistent, oversized profits.

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However, he closes the article stating, this scheme "explains the majority" of the present experimental results!

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He explains this deficiency through pathologies of loneliness, depression and agony which he considers to be the empirical grounding behind his writing.

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