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explain

English

  1. 🔊 make plain and comprehensible
    “He explained the laws of physics to his students”
  2. 🔊 define
    “The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean”
  3. 🔊 serve as a reason or cause or justification of
    “Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 explanar to explain
  2. 🔊 explicar to explain
  3. 🔊 parir to explain
  4. 🔊 razonar to explain, justify (provide an acceptable reason)

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