explicar

/ekspliˈkaɾ/, [eks.pliˈkaɾ]

explain

Examples

Un sueño... Se lo estaba intentando explicar a San Pedro, y lo estaba haciendo en alemán, porque no quería ser muy explícito.

A dream... I was trying to explain to St. Peter, and was doing it in the German tongue, because I didn't want to be too explicit.

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Aun habiendo sido comprendida, es una teoría difícil de explicar.

Even having understood, it is a difficult theory to explain.

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¿Lo podrías explicar con más detalle?

Would you explain it in more detail?

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Yo puedo explicar.

I can explain.

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No puedo explicar el porqué de tu rabieta.

I can't explain the reason for your tantrum.

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No atinó a explicar lo que quería.

He didn't succeed in explaining what he wanted.

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¿Puedes explicar tu respuesta?

Can you explain your answer?

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No tengo tiempo para explicar en detalle.

I don't have time to explain in detail.

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Quiero explicar.

I want to explain.

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Tenemos que plantear un paradigma totalmente diferente para explicar todos estos fenómenos.

We need to postulate a completely different paradigm to explain all these phenomena.

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Al explicar las oclusivas a la clase, el profesor de lingüística acabó cubierto de saliva en un instante.

Upon explaining plosives to his class, the linguistics teacher instantly became covered in spit.

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¿Por qué no puedes explicar qué estás haciendo?

Why can't you explain what you're doing?

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La opinión es mi intento de explicar por qué todo el mundo debería pensar como yo.

Opinion is my going about explaining why all the world should think as I think.

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No puedo explicar su ausencia de la escuela.

I cannot account for her absence from school.

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Si no lo puedes explicar de manera sencilla es que no lo entiendes lo suficientemente bien.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

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Lo quiero explicar.

I want to explain.

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No puedo explicar la diferencia entre esos dos.

I can't explain the difference between those two.

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Mi amor por ti es difícil de explicar.

My love for you is hard to explain.

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Favor de explicar por qué no puede usted venir.

Give your argument against going.

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No puedo explicar todo ahora.

I can't explain everything now.

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