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explicarle

to explain to him, to explain to her, to explain to you (formal)

→ explicar
explicar to explain + le Indirect object pronoun (to him, her, or you)
verb Uncommon #16,957
to explain to him, to explain to her, to explain to you (formal) The ending -le refers to the person being spoken to or about; its meaning depends on context.
SP: Voy a explicarle cómo funciona.
EN: I'm going to explain to you how it works.
Conjugation of explicar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First expliqué explicamos
Second explicaste —
Third explicó —
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First explico explicamos
Second explicas —
Third explica —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First explico explicamos
Second explicas —
Third explica —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second explica —
Third explique —
Past
explicado
Indicative future
SingularPlural
First explicaré —
Second explicarás —
Third explicará —
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First explicaré —
Second explicarás —
Third explicará —
Present
explicando
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First explicaba —
Third explicaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First explicaba —
Third explicaba —
Imperfect
explicara
Conditional
SingularPlural
First explicaría —
Third explicaría —

Tengo que explicarle algo.

I have to explain something to him/her.

— Picnic (1955)

Hay que explicarle todo.

We have to explain everything to him.

Puedo explicarle.

I can explain.

Antes de empezar, quiero explicarle qué hacemos aquí.

Before we begin, I want to explain what we do here.

¿Cómo explicarle?

How do I explain it to him?

— Parásitos (2019)

Intenta explicarle eso a Tom.

Try explaining that to Tom.

He venido a explicarle mi simpatía, mi conmoción.

I have come to explain my sympathy, my shock.

— Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

¿Puedo explicarle este malentendido?

Can I explain this misunderstanding to him?

— Horas de terror (1997)

¡Señor déjeme explicarle, es una fórmula muy simple!

Sir, let me explain—it’s a very simple formula!

— पीकू (2015)

Quizá alguien debería explicarle quién soy.

Perhaps someone should explain to him who I am.

— Peaky Blinders: El hombre inmortal (2026)

Mi hermana es sorda y tengo que explicarle todo.

My sister is deaf, and I have to explain everything to her.

— Lindas y Letales (2026)

Querría explicarle que no he tenido nada que ver.

I would like to explain that I had nothing to do with it.

— Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre (2002)

Tom intentó explicarle todo a Mary.

Tom tried to explain everything to Mary.

Intento explicarle.

I try to explain it to them.

— Un profeta (2009)

¿Podrías explicarle a la gente cómo construir un barco de vela?

Could you explain to people how to build a sailboat?

Yo intenté explicarle todo a ella, le dije, que usted se fue al aeropuerto.

I tried to explain everything to her, I told her that you went to the airport.

— Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром! (1976)

Alguien puede explicarle?

Can someone explain it to him/her?

— Taxi (1998)

Saludos, saludos, pero debes explicarle esto a tu muchacho.

Regards, regards, but you need to explain this to your boy.

— Súper 30 (2019)

Oiga, señor, ¿podría explicarle?

Excuse me, sir, could you explain?

— Porco Rosso (1992)

No creo que haya entendido lo que intenté explicarle durante la reunión.

I don't think he understood what I tried to explain to him during the meeting.

Cuando probé explicarle mis motivos, él simplemente se puso más furioso.

When I tried to explain my reasons to him, he just got angrier.

Déjeme explicarle.

Let me explain.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

Señor juez, lo que he intentado explicarle, nos casamos legalmente.

Your Honor, what I have tried to explain to you is that we got married legally.

— Anora (2024)

¿Debo explicarle la diferencia entre un esquema y una novela?

Should I explain the difference between an outline and a novel to them?

— Anatomía de una Caída (2023)