account for

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account for
verbo transitivo con partícula
1explicar (explain, justify)
  • I can't a for it -> no puedo dar cuenta de ello
  • five people have still not been accounted for -> todavía no se conoce la suerte de cinco personas
  • there's no accounting for taste -> sobre gustos no hay nada escrito
2(constitute)
    constituir

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account for
verb:intransitive:plus_preposition
1 (explain) explicar; justificar
how do you account for it? ¿cómo lo explica justifica usted?;or I cannot account for it no me lo explico; that accounts for it esa es la razón la explicación;or
there's no accounting for taste(s) sobre gustos no hay nada escrito
2 (give reckoning of) [+actions, expenditure] dar cuenta de; responder de
everything is now accounted for ya se ha dado cuenta de todo; todo está completo ya; many are still not accounted for aún se desconoce la suerte que han corrido muchas personas
3 (represent) representar; suponer
Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption
children account for 5% of the audience los niños representan suponen el 5 por ciento de la audiencia;or
4 (destroy, kill) acabar con
one bomb accounted for the power station una bomba acabó con la central eléctrica; they accounted for three stags mataron tres ciervos; the ship accounted for three enemy aircraft el barco derribó tres aviones enemigos

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