verb · #245
to explain
Example: ¿Me lo explicas otra vez?
Can you explain it to me again?
Spanish → English
explicar
explicar is Spanish for to explain.
What explicar means
How common is it?
explicar is ranked #245 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It is in the everyday core of the language — common enough that it is worth knowing cold before you move on to specialist vocabulary.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to explicar — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- recordar — to remember
- olvidar — to forget
- entender — to understand
- intentar — to try
- usar — to use
- necesitar — to need
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22