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explicaț
explain (you all explain / explain!) /eks.pli.kaˈt͡si/
verb#2315 most common
Also: explained (masc. pl., as adjective), you (pl.) are explaining
Example sentences
Explicați, vă rog!
Explain, please!
Voi nu explicați niciodată bine.
You (all) never explain well.
Dacă nu înțelegeți, explicați din nou.
If you don't understand, explain again.
Pașii explicați de profesor au fost ușor de urmat.
The steps explained by the teacher were easy to follow.
Vă rugăm să explicați în detaliu motivele deciziei.
We ask you to explain the reasons for the decision in detail.
Este esențial ca, înainte de a semna contractul, să explicați clientului toate clauzele ambigue.
It is essential that, before signing the contract, you explain all the ambiguous clauses to the client.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | explic | explicai | voi explica |
| 2sg | explici | explicași | vei explica |
| 3sg | explică | explică | va explica |
| 1pl | explicăm | explicarăm | vom explica |
| 2pl | explicați | explicarăți | veți explica |
| 3pl | explică | explicară | vor explica |
Word family
explicațieexplanation
explicabilexplainable
inexplicabilinexplicable
explicativexplanatory
Etymology
The verb comes from Latin explicare, built from ex- (out) and plicare (to fold). The original sense was to unfold something, and this shifted to the figurative meaning of making something clear. Romanian inherited the verb directly from Latin, along with most other Romance languages.
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