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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?
- 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
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- justificativo
- note explaining reasons for one's absence
- justificante de ausencia
- note explaining reasons for one's absence
- explica confusamente los conceptos
- he has a confusing way of explaining ideas
- lo bravo va a ser explicárselo a ella
- the tricky o hard part's going to be explaining it to her
- explicar
- to explain
- ¿nos puedes explicar en qué consiste el juego?
- can you explain to us o show us how to play the game?
- ¿nos vas a explicar por qué llegaste tan tarde?
- are you going to explain why o give us an explanation as to why you were so late?
- no sé explicarlo
- I don't know how to express o explain it
- no sé lo que quieres decir, explícate
- I don't know what you're trying to say, explain what you mean
- no sabe explicarse
- he isn't very good at expressing himself o putting his ideas across o explaining things
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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
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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
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I. explain [ɪk·ˈspleɪn] VERB trans
- explain
- explicar
- to explain how/what/where/why...
- explicar cómo/qué/dónde/por qué...
- to explain oneself
- explicarse
- that explains everything!
- ¡eso lo aclara todo!
II. explain [ɪk·ˈspleɪn] VERB intr
- explain
- explicar
explain away VERB trans
- explain away
- justificar
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- explicar algo de forma escueta
- to explain sth briefly
- demostrar
- to explain
- motivar
- to explain
- explanar
- to explain
- difícil de explicar
- difficult to explain
- ¿sería Ud. tan amable de explicármelo?
- would you be so kind as to explain it to me?
- comentar (explicar)
- to explain
- especificar
- to explain
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