account for

representar, constituir

Constituir una parte o cantidad determinada del total.

En inglés sencillo: To form a particular part or amount of a total.

• Women account for half the team.
• Online orders accounted for most sales last year.
• How much of the budget does transport account for?

Cómo se usa: account for an amount of something (Rent accounts for half of my monthly spending.)

Sinónimos: make up, constitute, represent

Expresiones frecuentes: account for half, account for most sales, account for ten percent

explicar, dar cuenta de

Explicar lo ocurrido, el motivo de una acción o dónde está alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: To explain what happened, why you did something, or where someone or something is.

• Can you account for the delay?
• He could not account for his actions that night.
• Everyone was accounted for after the fire.

Cómo se usa: account for something (Can you account for the missing money?); account for something to someone (She had to account for her absence to the manager.)

Sinónimos: explain

Expresiones frecuentes: account for an absence, account for missing money, account for someone, account for every penny

explicar, causar

Ser la razón por la que algo ocurre o es de determinada manera.

En inglés sencillo: To be the reason why something happens or is true.

• The rain accounts for the wet floor.
• Her experience accounted for her success.
• Could lack of sleep account for his strange behavior?

Cómo se usa: account for something (Heavy traffic accounts for most of these delays.)

Sinónimos: explain, cause

Expresiones frecuentes: account for the difference, account for a delay, account for something

responder por, rendir cuentas de

Tener la obligación de explicar los propios actos y asumir sus consecuencias.

En inglés sencillo: To have a duty to explain your actions and accept responsibility for them.

• You must account for your actions.
• The officers had to account for their conduct before a judge.
• Who will account for these serious mistakes?

Cómo se usa: account for something to someone (Officials must account for their decisions to the public.)

Sinónimos: answer for, be responsible for

Expresiones frecuentes: account for your actions, account for your conduct

matar, destruir

Matar a alguien o a un animal, o dañar algo hasta que deje de funcionar.

En inglés sencillo: To kill someone or something, or damage it so it can no longer operate.

• The fox accounted for three hens.
• Their guns accounted for several enemy aircraft.
• Hunters accounted for fewer rabbits than disease did.

Cómo se usa: account for someone/something (The patrol accounted for two enemy tanks.)

Sinónimos: destroy, kill, disable

Expresiones frecuentes: account for enemy aircraft, account for several rabbits