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explicar

/ekspliˈkaɾ/, [eks.pliˈkaɾ]

explain

Gerund: explicando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular explicado explicada
Plural explicados explicadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo explico explicaba expliqué explicaré explicaría
tú explicas explicabas explicaste explicarás explicarías
él/ella/Ud. explica explicaba explicó explicará explicaría
nosotros explicamos explicábamos explicamos explicaremos explicaríamos
vosotros explicáis explicabais explicasteis explicaréis explicaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. explican explicaban explicaron explicarán explicarían
vos explicás explicabas explicaste explicarás explicarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo explique explicara explicase explicare
tú expliques explicaras explicases explicares
él/ella/Ud. explique explicara explicase explicare
nosotros expliquemos explicáramos explicásemos explicáremos
vosotros expliquéis explicarais explicaseis explicareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. expliquen explicaran explicasen explicaren
vos expliqués explicaras explicases explicares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú explica no expliques
Ud. explique no explique
nosotros expliquemos no expliquemos
vosotros explicad no expliquéis
Uds. expliquen no expliquen
vos explicá no expliques

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • No consiguió explicar lo que quería.

    He didn't succeed in explaining what he wanted.

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  • La religión, la hija de la esperanza y del miedo, intenta explicar lo insabible a la ignorancia.

    Religion is a daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

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  • Cuando alguien intenta explicar lo inexplicable, se está preparando para excusar lo inexcusable.

    When anyone tries to explain the inexplicable, he is getting ready to excuse the inexcusable.

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  • ¡Que tonto eres! ¡Te tengo que explicar todo!

    You suck dude! I have to tell you everything!

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  • Como con el diario de mañana todos somos genios, él pudo explicar por qué perdieron el partido.

    With 20/20 hindsight, he could tell why they lost the game.

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  • Déjame explicar el porqué.

    Let me explain why.

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  • Asumo que vas a explicar por qué todo esto es necesario.

    I assume you'll be explaining why all this is necessary.

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  • El general supo explicar perfectamente la derrota a posteriori, pero no había previsto nada en absoluto.

    The general had 20/20 hindsight about the defeat, but no foresight at all.

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  • Este fenómeno es muy fácil de explicar.

    This phenomenon is very easy to explain.

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  • Déjeme explicar por qué llegué tarde.

    Let me explain why I arrived late.

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