explain

Inglés

explain
Received Pronunciation, General American, Standard Canadian (AFI)	/ɪkˈspleɪn/ Californiaⓘ /ɛkˈspleɪn/
Australia (AFI)	/ɪkˈsplæɪn/
longitud silábica	bisílaba

Etimología

Del latín explanare, de ex- con planus ('plano').

Verbo transitivo

1

Explicar.

Conjugación

Conjugación de explain (explained, explained)  (regular) [▲▼]

Formas no personales (verboides)
Infinitivo	explain
Gerundio	explaining
Participio	explained
Formas personales
Modo indicativo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I explain	you explain, explainest†	he, she, it explains, explaineth†	we, you, they explain
Pretérito	I explained	you explained, explainedst†	he, she, it explained	we, you, they explained
Pretérito compuesto	I have explained	you have explained	he, she, it has explained	we, you, they have explained
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto	I had explained	you had explained	he, she, it had explained	we, you, they had explained
Futuro	I will explained	you will explained	he, she, it will explained	we, you, they will explained
Futuro compuesto	I will have explained	you will have explained	he, she, it will have explained	we, you, they will have explained
Modo condicional
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Condicional simple	I would explained	you would explained	he, she, it would explained	we, you, they would explained
Condicional compuesto	I would have explained	you would have explained	he, she, it would have explained	we, you, they would have explained
Modo subjuntivo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I explain	you explain	he, she, it explain	we, you, they explain
Pretérito	I explained	you explained	he, she, it explained	we, you, they explained
Modo imperativo
	―	(you)	―	(we)
Presente	― ―	(you) explain	― ―	(we) let's explain
Leyenda: † arcaico, x no normativo, ■ cambio ortográfico, ■ irregularidad

Referencias y notas

• «explain» en Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper.