explain im Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Übersetzungen für explain im Englisch»Spanisch-Wörterbuch

I.explain [Am ɪkˈspleɪn, Brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] VERB 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] VERB 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] VERB 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 VERB [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?

Weitere Übersetzungen und typische Wortverbindungen mit dem Suchbegriff

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 ugs

Übersetzungen für explain im Spanisch»Englisch-Wörterbuch

Weitere Übersetzungen und typische Wortverbindungen mit dem Suchbegriff

hizo un inciso para explicar el cambio

he digressed in order to explain the change

explain im PONS Wörterbuch

Übersetzungen für explain im Englisch»Spanisch-Wörterbuch

I.explain [ɪkˈspleɪn] VERB 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] VERB intr

explain

explicar

explain away VERB trans

explain away

justificar

Übersetzungen für explain im Spanisch»Englisch-Wörterbuch

Weitere Übersetzungen und typische Wortverbindungen mit dem Suchbegriff

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

explain Beispiele aus dem PONS Wörterbuch (redaktionell geprüft)

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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Englisch

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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