elaborate

elaborate
adjetivo [ɪˈlæbərət]
1elaborado(a) (plan, excuse, meal); detallado(a) (drawing, description)
verbo transitivo [ɪˈlæbəreɪt]
2elaborar
verbo intransitivo
3dar detalles (on sobre)

elaborate [i-la-bo-reit]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Dar más detalles, entrar en detalles o explicaciones. (n)
va. Elaborar, trabajar con esmero y cuidado.
adjetivo
1Elaborado, esmerado, acabado, limado (decoration, design, hairstyle); curioso, primoroso; de mucho trabajo (meal); minucioso, detallado (plan, arrangements).
  • In elaborate detail ->

elaborate
adjective
[ɪˈlæbərɪt] ? [+design, hairstyle, costume, ceremony] muy elaborado; [+plan] detallado; muy elaborado; [+architecture] con mucha ornamentación; [+furniture] con muchos adornos; muy recargado; [+equipment, network, preparations] complicado; [+meal] muy complicado de hacer
we were served a very elaborate meal in the castle's elegant dining-room
[+excuse] rebuscado
an elaborate hoax un elaborado engaño
In 1981 he was sacked after an elaborate hoax in which he claimed to have received death threats
verb:transitive
[ɪˈlæbəreɪt]
1 (develop) [+plan, theory] elaborar; desarrollar
2 (explain) [+idea, point] explicar en detalle; desarrollar
Some of these points will have to be further elaborated as we go along.
verb:intransitive
[ɪˈlæbəreɪt]
he refused to elaborate se negó a dar más detalles; would you care to elaborate? ¿le importaría explicarlo de forma más detallada?; he elaborated on it lo explicó con más detalles

Verb Conjugation for "elaborate"

Imperative
  • elaborate
  • you elaborate
  • he/she elaborates
  • we elaborate
  • you elaborate
  • they elaborate
Preterite
  • I elaborated
  • you elaborated
  • he/she elaborated
  • we elaborated
  • you elaborated
  • they elaborated
Present Continuous
  • I am elaborating
  • you are elaborating
  • he/she is elaborating
  • we are elaborating
  • you are elaborating
  • they are elaborating
Present Perfect
  • I have elaborated
  • you have elaborated
  • he/she has elaborated
  • we have elaborated
  • you have elaborated
  • they have elaborated
Past Continuous
  • I was elaborating
  • you were elaborating
  • he/she was elaborating
  • we were elaborating
  • you were elaborating
  • they were elaborating
Past Perfect
  • I had elaborated
  • you had elaborated
  • he/she had elaborated
  • we had elaborated
  • you had elaborated
  • they had elaborated
Future
  • I will elaborate
  • you will elaborate
  • he/she will elaborate
  • we will elaborate
  • you will elaborate
  • they will elaborate
Future Perfect
  • I will have elaborated
  • you will have elaborated
  • he/she will have elaborated
  • we will have elaborated
  • you will have elaborated
  • they will have elaborated
Future Continuous
  • I will be elaborating
  • you will be elaborating
  • he/she will be elaborating
  • we will be elaborating
  • you will be elaborating
  • they will be elaborating
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been elaborating
  • you have been elaborating
  • he/she has been elaborating
  • we have been elaborating
  • you have been elaborating
  • they have been elaborating
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been elaborating
  • you will have been elaborating
  • he/she will have been elaborating
  • we will have been elaborating
  • you will have been elaborating
  • they will have been elaborating
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been elaborating
  • you had been elaborating
  • he/she had been elaborating
  • we had been elaborating
  • you had been elaborating
  • they had been elaborating