Usage examples of "account for" in English with translation to Spanish

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You have to account for your absence. Tienes que dar cuenta de tu ausencia.

How do you account for that? ¿Cómo explicas eso?

I cannot account for what has happened. No puedo dar cuenta de lo que ha ocurrido.

I cannot account for her absence from school. No puedo explicar su ausencia de la escuela.

She was asked to account for her conduct. Se le pidió que rindiera cuentas de su conducta.

Can you account for your absence last Friday? ¿Puede explicar su ausencia el viernes pasado?

I must confess that my theory doesn't account for that fact. Debo confesar que mi teoría no da cuenta de ese hecho.

It is man's intelligence that makes him so often behave more stupidly than the beasts. ... Man is impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations. Es la inteligencia del hombre la que tan a menudo lo hace comportarse más ridículamente que las bestias. ... El hombre es impulsado a inventar teorías que den cuenta de lo que sucede en el mundo. Desafortunadamente, en la mayoría de los casos, él no es lo suficientemente inteligente para encontrar las explicaciones correctas.

It accounts for the fact. Da cuenta del hecho.

That accounts for why the door was open. Eso explica por qué la puerta estaba abierta.

If these tendencies continue, those aged 65 or more will account for a quarter of the population within 30 years. Si estas tendencias continúan, aquellos de 65 años de edad o más constituirán una cuarta parte de la población dentro de 30 años.

I will account for the incident. Te contaré acerca del incidente.

We were held up for two hours on account of an accident. A causa de un accidente nos retrasamos dos horas.

He gave us a detailed account of his experiences in Africa. Él nos dio una descripción detallada de sus experiencias en África.

It is duck soup for a girl of easy virtue to find a new man. Es fácil para una chica de dudosa moral encontrar un nuevo hombre.

She couldn't come on account of being busy. Ella no pudo venir porque estaba ocupada.

She cooked a special dinner for him. Ella cocinó una cena especial para él.

I have a Facebook account. Tengo una cuenta de Facebook.

Please wait here for a while. Por favor, espere aquí un momento.

Try to take account of everything before you make a decision. Intenta tenerlo todo en cuenta antes de tomar una decisión.

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