# explicar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əks.pliˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [eks.pliˈkaɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

explicar (first-person singular present explico, first-person singular preterite expliquí, past participle explicat)
* to explain
* to tell, to narrate (a story)
    Synonym: (less common) contar

#### Related terms

* explic
* explicable
* explicació
* explicador
* explicatiu

### Further reading

* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin explicāre.

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* explicable
* explicación

### Further reading

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

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Latin explicāre.

### Verb

explicar
* to explain

#### Conjugation

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

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* esplicar (misspelling)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicāre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

explicar (Languedoc, Limousin, Provençal)
* to explain

#### Related terms

* explicable
* explicacion
* explicatiu

### Further reading

* 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.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [is.pliˈka(h)], /es.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [es.pliˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [is.pliˈka(h)], /es.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [es.pliˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.pliˈka(ɾ)/, /es.pliˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [iʃ.pliˈka(χ)], /eʃ.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [eʃ.pliˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.pliˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pliˈkaɾ/, /ɐjʃ.pliˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pliˈkaɾ/, /ɐjʃ.pliˈkaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pliˈkaɾ/, /ejʃ.pliˈkaɾ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pliˈkaɾ/, /ejʃ.pliˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pliˈka.ɾi/, /eʃ.pliˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ex‧pli‧car
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

explicar (first-person singular present explico, first-person singular preterite expliquei, past participle explicado)
* (transitive) to explain

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* explicação
* explicável

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* esplicar (eye dialect, colloquial)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eɡspliˈkaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.pliˈkaɾ]
** Audio (Colombia):(file)
* IPA: /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
* (reflexive) to explain to oneself

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Related terms

* explicable
* explicación

### Further reading

* “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