EXPLAIN - Traduzione inglese-spagnolo

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spagnolo

I. explain [ingl am ɪkˈspleɪn, ingl brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] VB 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 [ingl am ɪkˈspleɪn, ingl brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] VB vb rifl

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 [ingl am ɪkˈspleɪn, ingl brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn] VB 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 [ingl am ɪkˈspleɪn -, ingl 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

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 colloq

spagnolo

inglese

hizo un inciso para explicar el cambio

he digressed in order to explain the change

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inglese

spagnolo

I. explain [ɪkˈspleɪn] VB 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 vb intr

explain

explicar

explain away VB vb trans

explain away

justificar

spagnolo

inglese

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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spagnolo

I. explain [ɪk·ˈspleɪn] VB vb 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] VB vb intr

explain

explicar

explain away VB vb trans

explain away

justificar

spagnolo

inglese

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

Present

I	explain
you	explain
he/she/it	explains
we	explain
you	explain
they	explain

Past

I	explained
you	explained
he/she/it	explained
we	explained
you	explained
they	explained

Present Perfect

I	have	explained
you	have	explained
he/she/it	has	explained
we	have	explained
you	have	explained
they	have	explained

Past Perfect

I	had	explained
you	had	explained
he/she/it	had	explained
we	had	explained
you	had	explained
they	had	explained

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

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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