Translation of "explain" into Icelandic

útskýra, útlista, þýða are the top translations of "explain" into Icelandic.

explain verb grammar

To give a sufficiently detailed report about (a) the reason for something, about why something happened, about a causal chain of events; about (b) how something works, about how elements in a system interact; about (c) how to do something, about the steps which need to be accomplished in order to accomplish a certain goal. [..]

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  • útskýra

    verb

    John did not know how to explain to his wife that he had quit his job.

    John vissi ekki hvernig hann ætti að útskýra fyrir konunni sinni að hann hefði hætt í vinnunni.

  • útlista

    verb

    You may have read some such theories in journals and books, or you may have watched scholars explain them in television documentaries.

    Vera má að þú hafir lesið um einhverjar þessara hugmynda í bókum eða tímaritum, eða hlustað á fræðimenn útlista þær í heimildarmyndum í sjónvarpi.

  • þýða

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  • skýra

    verb

    What happened to her cannot be explained in any other way.

    Ekki er hægt að skýra það sem gerðist á neinn annan máta.

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