explicar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin explicāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əks.pliˈka] IPA(key): (Valencia) [eks.pliˈkaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [eks.pliˈka] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === explicar (first-person singular present explico, first-person singular preterite expliquí, past participle explicat)(transitive) to explain to tell, to narrate (a story) Synonym: (less common) contar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “explicar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “explicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “explicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “explicar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin explicāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ekspliˈkaɾ/ [eks̺.pliˈkɑɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ === Verb === explicar (first-person singular present explico, first-person singular preterite expliquei, past participle explicado) to explain ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== explicable explicación === Further reading === “explicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “explicar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Interlingua == === Etymology === From Latin explicāre. === Verb === explicar to explain ==== Conjugation ==== == Occitan == === Alternative forms === esplicar (misspelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Occitan explicar, from Latin explicāre. === Pronunciation === === Verb === explicar (Languedoc, Limousin, Provençal) to explain ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === "explicar", in dicodòc: multidiccionari occitan (oc→fr) Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎[1], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 464 Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[2], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 308 Yves Lavalade (2010), Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord (in French), Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, →ISBN, page 286. == Old Occitan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin explicāre. === Verb === explicar to explain === References === “explicar”, in Dictionnaire de l’occitan médiéval en ligne (in German and French), Munich: LMU, 2013–2026 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin explicāre. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ex‧pli‧car === Verb === explicar (first-person singular present explico, first-person singular preterite expliquei, past participle explicado) (transitive) to explain Synonym: (less common) explanar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “explicar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “explicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === esplicar (eye dialect, colloquial) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin explicāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɡspliˈkaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.pliˈkaɾ] IPA(key): /espliˈkaɾ/ [es.pliˈkaɾ] (common) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ex‧pli‧car === Verb === explicar (first-person singular present explico, first-person singular preterite expliqué, past participle explicado) (transitive) to explain Synonym: explanar (literary) Near-synonyms: aclarar, describir, detallar, desglosar, simplificar (reflexive) to explain oneself ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “explicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025