How to Say "to detail" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “to detail” is “describir” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
Examples
Ella describió el paisaje con mucha emoción.
She described the landscape with a lot of emotion.
¿Puedes describir al ladrón a la policía?
Can you describe the thief to the police?
El informe describe los problemas económicos del país.
The report details the country's economic problems.
Regular -IR Pattern
This verb follows the standard conjugation pattern for most verbs ending in -IR (like vivir or abrir). If you know those, you know describir.
The Irregular Past Participle
Mistake: “Hemos describido la casa.”
Correction: Hemos descrito la casa. (We have described the house.) 'Descrito' is irregular, even though the rest of the verb is regular. Memorize it!
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