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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
explico
- first-person singular present indicative of explicar
Galician
Verb
explico
- first-person singular present indicative of explicar
Latin
Etymology
From ex- + plicō (“I fold”).
Pronunciation
Verb
explicō (present infinitive explicāre, perfect active explicāvī or explicuī, supine explicātum or explicitum); first conjugation
- to unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo
- Synonyms: absolvō, dissolvō, solvō
- Antonyms: ligō, colligō, illigō, cōnserō, cōnfīgō, adalligō, alligō, dēligō, nectō, cōnectō, dēfīgō, fīgō
- to spread out, stretch out, extend, display, deploy
- Synonyms: extendō, distendō, porrigō, prōferō, pandō, prōlongō, prōtrahō, trahō
- to disentangle, solve, settle, arrange, regulate, adjust
- (of speech) to develop, set forth, exhibit
- to explain
- Synonym: expōnō
Conjugation
indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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explicō
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explicās
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explicat
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explicāmus
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explicātis
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explicant
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imperfect
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explicābam
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explicābās
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explicābat
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explicābāmus
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explicābātis
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explicābant
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future
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explicābō
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explicābis
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explicābit
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explicābimus
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explicābitis
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explicābunt
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perfect
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explicāvī, explicuī
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explicāvistī, explicuistī
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explicāvit, explicuit
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explicāvimus, explicuimus
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explicāvistis, explicuistis
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explicāvērunt, explicāvēre, explicuērunt, explicuēre
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pluperfect
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explicāveram, explicueram
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explicāverās, explicuerās
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explicāverat, explicuerat
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explicāverāmus, explicuerāmus
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explicāverātis, explicuerātis
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explicāverant, explicuerant
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future perfect
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explicāverō, explicuerō
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explicāveris, explicueris
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explicāverit, explicuerit
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explicāverimus, explicuerimus
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explicāveritis, explicueritis
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explicāverint, explicuerint
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passive
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present
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explicor
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explicāris, explicāre
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explicātur
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explicāmur
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explicāminī
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explicantur
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imperfect
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explicābar
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explicābāris, explicābāre
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explicābātur
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explicābāmur
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explicābāminī
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explicābantur
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future
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explicābor
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explicāberis, explicābere
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explicābitur
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explicābimur
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explicābiminī
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explicābuntur
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perfect
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explicātus or explicitus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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explicātus or explicitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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explicātus or explicitus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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explicem
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explicēs
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explicet
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explicēmus
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explicētis
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explicent
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imperfect
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explicārem
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explicārēs
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explicāret
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explicārēmus
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explicārētis
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explicārent
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perfect
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explicāverim, explicuerim
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explicāverīs, explicuerīs
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explicāverit, explicuerit
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explicāverīmus, explicuerīmus
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explicāverītis, explicuerītis
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explicāverint, explicuerint
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pluperfect
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explicāvissem, explicuissem
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explicāvissēs, explicuissēs
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explicāvisset, explicuisset
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explicāvissēmus, explicuissēmus
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explicāvissētis, explicuissētis
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explicāvissent, explicuissent
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passive
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present
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explicer
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explicēris, explicēre
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explicētur
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explicēmur
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explicēminī
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explicentur
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imperfect
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explicārer
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explicārēris, explicārēre
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explicārētur
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explicārēmur
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explicārēminī
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explicārentur
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perfect
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explicātus or explicitus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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explicātus or explicitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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explicā
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explicāte
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future
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—
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explicātō
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explicātō
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explicātōte
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explicantō
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passive
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present
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—
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explicāre
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explicāminī
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future
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explicātor
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explicātor
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explicantor
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explicāre
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explicārī
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explicāns
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explicātūrum esse, explicitūrum esse
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explicātum īrī, explicitum īrī
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explicātūrus, explicitūrus
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explicandus
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explicāvisse, explicuisse
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explicātum esse, explicitum esse
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explicātus, explicitus
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explicātum fore, explicitum fore
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explicātūrum fuisse, explicitūrum fuisse
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—
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explicandī
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explicandō
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explicandum
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explicandō
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explicātum, explicitum
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explicātū, explicitū
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Derived terms
Descendants
All inherited descendants reflect a stressed ĭ: */sˈplɪ.ko/.
References
- “explico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “explico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- explico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to frown: frontem contrahere (opp. explicare)
- (ambiguous) to give lectures: scholas habere, explicare (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
- (ambiguous) to explain one's sentiments: sententias (verbis) explicare, aperire
- (ambiguous) to give a full, detailed account of a thing: pluribus verbis, copiosius explicare, persequi aliquid
- (ambiguous) to explain a matter briefly, in a few words (not paucis verbis): breviter, paucis explicare aliquid
- (ambiguous) to open a book: volumen explicare
- (ambiguous) to extend the line of battle, deploy the battalions: aciem explicare or dilatare
- explico in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “explicare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 310
Portuguese
Verb
explico
- first-person singular present indicative of explicar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡsˈpliko/
- Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: ex‧pli‧co
Verb
explico
- first-person singular present indicative of explicar