aclararse

aclararse

► verbo pronominal

1 (entender) to understand

■ no me aclaro con esta lección I can't understand this lesson

■ es que no me aclaro I don't know what's going on

2 (explicarse) to explain oneself

3 (decidirse) to make up one's mind

■ a ver si te aclaras de una vez make up your mind once and for all

4 (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject ) (el tiempo) to clear (up)

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1) to become clear

2) clear up

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VPR

1) [día, cielo] to clear up

2) (=hacerse más claro) [pelo, color] to go lighter; [mancha] to fade

3)

aclararse la voz — to clear one's throat

4) Esp

* [persona]

con tantas instrucciones no me aclaro — I'm confused by all these instructions

explícamelo otra vez, a ver si me aclaro — explain it to me again and let's see if I understand

¡a ver si te aclaras! — (=decídete) make up your mind!; (=explícate) what are you on about? *

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(v.) = become + apparent, get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right, fall into + place

Ex. The meanings of these notational instructions will become apparent as you progress.

Ex. Republicans have been tripping over each other for days trying to get their stories straight on who knew what and when.

Ex. They were having trouble getting their story right but it did not really matter why or when the decision had occurred.

Ex. It's really falling into place for us, but we have to keep doing it, week in and week out.

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(v.) = become + apparent, get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right, fall into + place

Ex: The meanings of these notational instructions will become apparent as you progress.

Ex: Republicans have been tripping over each other for days trying to get their stories straight on who knew what and when.

Ex: They were having trouble getting their story right but it did not really matter why or when the decision had occurred.

Ex: It's really falling into place for us, but we have to keep doing it, week in and week out.

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■aclararse verbo reflexivo
1 (decidirse) to make up one's mind: a ver si te aclaras, ¿vienes o no?, let's see if you can make up your mind; are you coming or not?
2 (comprender) to understand: no me aclaro con las instrucciones del vídeo, I can't seem to understand these video instructions
3 (disminuir su color) to turn lighter
4 Meteor to clear (up)
'aclararse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despejarse
- aclarar
English:
clear
- settle
- place

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vpr

1. [entender]

a ver si nos aclaramos let's see if we can get this straight;

no me aclaro con este programa I can't get the hang of this program;

con sus explicaciones no me aclaro I don't find his explanations very helpful;

con tres monedas diferentes no hay quién se aclare with three different currencies nobody knows where they are

2. [explicarse]

se aclaró la situación the situation became clear

3. [tener las cosas claras] to know what one wants;

mi jefe no se aclara my boss doesn't know what he wants;

aclárate, ¿quieres venir o no? make up your mind! do you want to come or not?

4.

aclararse la garganta o [m5]la voz to clear one's throat

5. [pelo]

el pelo se aclara con el sol the sun makes your hair lighter;

se aclaró el pelo she dyed her hair a lighter colour

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aclararse

v/r

1

:

aclararse la voz clear one’s throat

2

:

no me aclaro fam I can’t decide, I can’t make my mind up; (no entiendo) I don’t understand; por cansancio, ruido etc I can’t think straight

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vr

: to become clear

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aclararse vb (entender) to understand [pt. & pp. understood]

no me aclaro I don't understand it