explicar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicāre, present active infinitive of explicō.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əks.pliˈka/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /eks.pliˈkaɾ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

explicar (first-person singular present explico, past participle explicat)

  1. to explain
  2. to tell, narrate (a story)
    Synonym: (less common) contar

Conjugation
Conjugation of explicar (first conjugation)
infinitive explicar
present participle explicant
past participle masculine feminine
singular explicat explicada
plural explicats explicades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present explico expliques explica expliquem expliqueu expliquen
imperfect explicava explicaves explicava explicàvem explicàveu explicaven
future explicaré explicaràs explicarà explicarem explicareu explicaran
preterite expliquí explicares explicà explicàrem explicàreu explicaren
conditional explicaria explicaries explicaria explicaríem explicaríeu explicarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present expliqui expliquis expliqui expliquem expliqueu expliquin
imperfect expliqués expliquessis expliqués expliquéssim expliquéssiu expliquessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
— explica expliqui expliquem expliqueu expliquin

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicāre, present active infinitive of explicō.

Verb

explicar (first-person singular present explico, first-person singular preterite expliquei, past participle explicado)

  1. to explain

Conjugation
  • Note: explic- are changed to expliqu- before front vowels (e).
Conjugation of explicar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal explicar
personal explicar explicares explicar explicarmos explicardes explicaren
Gerund
explicando
Past participle singular plural
masculine explicado explicados
feminine explicada explicadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present explico explicas explica explicamos explicades explican
imperfect explicaba explicabas explicaba explicabamos explicabades explicaban
preterite expliquei explicaches explicou explicamos explicastes explicaron
pluperfect explicara explicaras explicara explicaramos explicarades explicaran
future explicarei explicarás explicará explicaremos explicaredes explicarán
conditional explicaría explicarías explicaría explicariamos explicariades explicarían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present explique expliques explique expliquemos expliquedes expliquen
preterite explicase explicases explicase explicásemos explicásedes explicasen
future explicar explicares explicar explicarmos explicardes explicaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – explica explique expliquemos explicade expliquen
negative – expliques explique expliquemos expliquedes expliquen

Further reading

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin explicāre, present active infinitive of explicō.

Verb

explicar

  1. to explain

Conjugation
    Conjugation of explicar
infinitive explicar
participle present perfect
explicante explicate
active simple perfect
present explica ha explicate
past explicava habeva explicate
future explicara habera explicate
conditional explicarea haberea explicate
imperative explica
passive simple perfect
present es explicate ha essite explicate
past esseva explicate habeva essite explicate
future essera explicate habera essite explicate
conditional esserea explicate haberea essite explicate
imperative sia explicate

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicāre, present active infinitive of explicō.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Béarn)(file)

Verb

explicar

  1. to explain

Conjugation
    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
simple compound
infinitive explicar aver explicat
gerund explicant use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle explicat —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ieu tu el nosautres vosautres eles
present expliqui explicas explica explicam explicatz explican
imperfect explicavi explicavas explicava explicàvem explicàvetz explicavan
preterite expliquèri expliquères expliquèt expliquèrem expliquèretz expliquèron
future explicarai explicaràs explicarà explicarem explicaretz explicaràn
conditional explicariái explicariás explicariá explicariam explicariatz explicarián
conditional 2nd form1 expliquèra expliquèras expliquèra expliqueram expliqueratz expliquèran
compound
tenses		 present perfect use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive que ieu que tu que el que nosautres que vosautres que eles
present explique expliques explique expliquem expliquetz expliquen
imperfect expliquèssi expliquèsses expliquèsse expliquèssem expliquèssetz expliquèsson
compound
tenses		 past use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative — tu — nosautres vosautres —
explica expliquem explicatz 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects
    Auvernhàs
simple compound
infinitive explicar aver explicat
gerund explicant use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle explicat —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ieu tu el nosautres vosautres eles
present explique expliques explica explicam explicatz explicon
imperfect explicave explicaves explicava explicaviam explicaviatz explicavon
preterite expliquere expliqueres expliquet expliquem expliquetz expliqueron
future explicarai explicaràs explicará explicarem explicaretz explicarán
conditional explicariá explicariás explicariá explicariam explicariatz explicarián
conditional 2nd form1 expliquèra expliquèras expliquèra expliqueram expliqueratz expliquèran
compound
tenses		 present perfect use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive que ieu que tu que el que nosautres que vosautres que eles
present explique expliques explique explicassiam explicassiatz explicon
imperfect expliquesse expliquesses expliquesse expliquessiam expliquessiatz expliquesson
compound
tenses		 past use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative — tu — nosautres vosautres —
explica explicassiam explicatz 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects
    Gascon
simple compound
infinitive explicar aver explicat
gerund explicant use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle explicat —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ieu tu el nosautres vosautres eles
present expliqui explicas explica explicam explicatz explican
imperfect explicavi explicavas explicava explicàvam explicàvatz explicavan
preterite expliquèi expliquès expliquè expliquèm expliquètz expliquèn
future explicarèi explicaràs explicarà explicaram explicaratz explicaràn
conditional explicarí explicarés explicaré explicarem explicaretz explicarén
conditional 2nd form1 expliquèra expliquèras expliquèra expliqueram expliqueratz expliquèran
compound
tenses		 present perfect use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive que ieu que tu que el que nosautres que vosautres que eles
present expliqui expliques explique expliquem expliquetz expliquen
imperfect expliquèssi expliquèsses expliquèsse expliquèssem expliquèssetz expliquèssen
compound
tenses		 past use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative — tu — nosautres vosautres —
explica expliquem explicatz 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects
    Lemosin
simple compound
infinitive explicar aver explicat
gerund explicant use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle explicat —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ieu tu el nosautres vosautres eles
present explique explicas explica explicam explicatz explican
imperfect explicava explicavas explicava explicàvam explicàvatz explicavan
preterite expliquei expliqueras expliquet expliquèram expliquèratz expliqueran
future explicarai explicaràs explicará explicarem explicaretz explicarán
conditional explicariá explicariàs explicariá explicariam explicariatz explicarián
conditional 2nd form1 expliquèra expliquèras expliquèra expliqueram expliqueratz expliquèran
compound
tenses		 present perfect use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive que ieu que tu que el que nosautres que vosautres que eles
present explique expliques explique expliquem expliquetz expliquen
imperfect expliquèsse expliquèsses expliquèsse expliquèssem expliquèssetz expliquèssen
compound
tenses		 past use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative — tu — nosautres vosautres —
explica expliquem explicatz 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects
    Provençau
simple compound
infinitive explicar aver explicat
gerund explicant use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle explicat —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ieu tu el nosautres vosautres eles
present explique expliques explica explicam explicatz explican
imperfect explicavi explicavas explicava explicàvem explicàvetz explicavan
preterite expliquère expliquères expliquèt expliqueriam expliqueriatz expliquèron
future explicarai explicaràs explicarà explicarem explicaretz explicaràn
conditional explicariáu explicariás explicariá explicariam explicariatz explicarián
conditional 2nd form1 expliquèra expliquèras expliquèra expliqueram expliqueratz expliquèran
compound
tenses		 present perfect use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive que ieu que tu que el que nosautres que vosautres que eles
present explique expliques explique expliquem expliquetz explican
imperfect expliquèsse expliquèsses expliquèsse expliquessiam expliquessiatz expliquèsson
compound
tenses		 past use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative — tu — nosautres vosautres —
explica expliquem explicatz 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Further reading
  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 464.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicāre.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [is.pliˈka(h)], /es.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [es.pliˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.pliˈka(ɾ)/, /es.pliˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [iʃ.pliˈka(χ)], /eʃ.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [eʃ.pliˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pliˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐjʃ.pliˈkaɾ/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ejʃ.pliˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /eʃ.pliˈkaɾ/

  • Hyphenation: ex‧pli‧car
  • Audio(file)

Verb

explicar (first-person singular present explico, first-person singular preterite expliquei, past participle explicado)

  1. (transitive) to explain
  2. inflection of explicar:
    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation
    Conjugation of explicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal explicar
Personal explicar explicares explicar explicarmos explicardes explicarem
Gerund
explicando
Past participle
Masculine explicado explicados
Feminine explicada explicadas
Indicative
Present explico explicas explica explicamos explicais explicam
Imperfect explicava explicavas explicava explicávamos explicáveis explicavam
Preterite expliquei explicaste explicou explicamos1, explicámos2 explicastes explicaram
Pluperfect explicara explicaras explicara explicáramos explicáreis explicaram
Future explicarei explicarás explicará explicaremos explicareis explicarão
Conditional
explicaria explicarias explicaria explicaríamos explicaríeis explicariam
Subjunctive
Present explique expliques explique expliquemos expliqueis expliquem
Imperfect explicasse explicasses explicasse explicássemos explicásseis explicassem
Future explicar explicares explicar explicarmos explicardes explicarem
Imperative
Affirmative explica explique expliquemos explicai expliquem
Negative (não) não expliques não explique não expliquemos não expliqueis não expliquem

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Further reading
  • “explicar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicāre, present active infinitive of explicō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eɡspliˈkaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.pliˈkaɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ex‧pli‧car

Verb

explicar (first-person singular present explico, first-person singular preterite expliqué, past participle explicado)

  1. to explain
  2. (reflexive) to explain to oneself

Conjugation
    Conjugation of explicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive explicar
gerund explicando
past participle masculine feminine
singular explicado explicada
plural explicados explicadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present explico explicastú
explicásvos		 explica explicamos explicáis explican
imperfect explicaba explicabas explicaba explicábamos explicabais explicaban
preterite expliqué explicaste explicó explicamos explicasteis explicaron
future explicaré explicarás explicará explicaremos explicaréis explicarán
conditional explicaría explicarías explicaría explicaríamos explicaríais explicarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present explique expliquestú
expliquésvos2		 explique expliquemos expliquéis expliquen
imperfect
(ra)		 explicara explicaras explicara explicáramos explicarais explicaran
imperfect
(se)		 explicase explicases explicase explicásemos explicaseis explicasen
future1 explicare explicares explicare explicáremos explicareis explicaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative explicatú
explicávos		 explique expliquemos explicad expliquen
negative no expliques no explique no expliquemos no expliquéis no expliquen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of explicar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive explicar
dative explicarme explicarte explicarle, explicarse explicarnos explicaros explicarles, explicarse
accusative explicarme explicarte explicarlo, explicarla, explicarse explicarnos explicaros explicarlos, explicarlas, explicarse
with gerund explicando
dative explicándome explicándote explicándole, explicándose explicándonos explicándoos explicándoles, explicándose
accusative explicándome explicándote explicándolo, explicándola, explicándose explicándonos explicándoos explicándolos, explicándolas, explicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative explica
dative explícame explícate explícale explícanos not used explícales
accusative explícame explícate explícalo, explícala explícanos not used explícalos, explícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative explicá
dative explicame explicate explicale explicanos not used explicales
accusative explicame explicate explicalo, explicala explicanos not used explicalos, explicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative explique
dative explíqueme not used explíquele, explíquese explíquenos not used explíqueles
accusative explíqueme not used explíquelo, explíquela, explíquese explíquenos not used explíquelos, explíquelas
with first-person plural imperative expliquemos
dative not used expliquémoste expliquémosle expliquémonos expliquémoos expliquémosles
accusative not used expliquémoste expliquémoslo, expliquémosla expliquémonos expliquémoos expliquémoslos, expliquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative explicad
dative explicadme not used explicadle explicadnos explicaos explicadles
accusative explicadme not used explicadlo, explicadla explicadnos explicaos explicadlos, explicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative expliquen
dative explíquenme not used explíquenle explíquennos not used explíquenles, explíquense
accusative explíquenme not used explíquenlo, explíquenla explíquennos not used explíquenlos, explíquenlas, explíquense
    Conjugation of explicarse (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive explicarse
gerund explicándose
past participle masculine feminine
singular explicado explicada
plural explicados explicadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
personal non-finite yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
infinitive explicarme explicarte explicarse explicarnos explicaros explicarse
gerund explicándome explicándote explicándose explicándonos explicándoos explicándose
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present me explico te explicastú
te explicásvos		 se explica nos explicamos os explicáis se explican
imperfect me explicaba te explicabas se explicaba nos explicábamos os explicabais se explicaban
preterite me expliqué te explicaste se explicó nos explicamos os explicasteis se explicaron
future me explicaré te explicarás se explicará nos explicaremos os explicaréis se explicarán
conditional me explicaría te explicarías se explicaría nos explicaríamos os explicaríais se explicarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present me explique te expliquestú
te expliquésvos2		 se explique nos expliquemos os expliquéis se expliquen
imperfect
(ra)		 me explicara te explicaras se explicara nos explicáramos os explicarais se explicaran
imperfect
(se)		 me explicase te explicases se explicase nos explicásemos os explicaseis se explicasen
future1 me explicare te explicares se explicare nos explicáremos os explicareis se explicaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative explícatetú
explicatevos		 explíquese expliquémonos explicaos explíquense
negative no te expliques no se explique no nos expliquemos no os expliquéis no se expliquen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading
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