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Nada que pueda explicar lo que pasó.
Nothing that can explain what happened.
Le tendré que explicar eso a mi padre.
I’ll have to explain that to my father.
No creo que haya manera de que me puedas explicar esto.
I don't think there's any way you can explain this to me.
— Mike y Nick y Nick y Alice (2026)
No consiguió explicar lo que quería.
He/She couldn't explain what he/she wanted.
Explicar algo significa describir lo desconocido en términos de lo conocido.
To explain something means to describe the unknown in terms of the known.