explicar

Borrowed from Latin explicāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

1. to explain
2. to tell, to narrate (a story)

   Synonym: (less common) contar

• “explicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “explicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “explicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “explicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin explicāre.

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

1. to explain

• explicable
• explicación

• “explicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “explicar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Latin explicāre.

explicar

1. to explain

• esplicar (misspelling)

Borrowed from Latin explicāre.

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explicar (Languedoc, Limousin, Provençal)

1. to explain

    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

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 464.
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 308.
• Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN, page 286.

Borrowed from Latin explicāre.

• Hyphenation: ex‧pli‧car

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

1. (transitive) to explain

• explicação
• explicável

• “explicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• esplicar (eye dialect, colloquial)

Borrowed from Latin explicāre.

• IPA^(key): /eɡspliˈkaɾ/

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• IPA^(key): /espliˈkaɾ/ (common)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧pli‧car

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

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

• “explicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10