Definition of fansplain - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

communication

Rare

Slang

explain something as a fan to a non-fan

Rare

Slang

She tried to fansplain the movie's ending to her friend.
He loves to fansplain the comic book plots to newcomers.
Don't fansplain the series to me; I haven't watched it yet.

clarify

explain

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Origin of fansplain

English, fan (enthusiast) + explain (clarify)

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French:faire du fansplaining, ...
German:als Fan erklären, ...
Italian:spiegare con passione da fan, ...
Spanish:explicar como fan, ...
Portuguese:explicar de fã para não fã, ...
Chinese:以粉丝的角度解释, ...
Japanese:ファンスプレインする, ...
Arabic:شَرَحَ كَمُعْجَب, ...
Hebrew:לְהַסְבִּיר כְּאוֹהֵד, ...
Russian:фансплейнить, ...
Ukrainian:пояснювати як фанат, ...
Hindi:फैनस्प्लेन करना, ...
Bengali:ভক্তের মতো ব্যাখ্যা করা, ...
Catalan:explicar com a fan, ...
Czech:vysvětlovat něco nefanouškovi z pohledu fanouška, ...
Danish:forklare som fan, ...
Dutch:als fan uitleggen, ...
Greek:εξηγώ ως φαν, ...
Hungarian:rajongóként magyarázni valamit egy nem rajongónak, ...
Khmer:ពន្យល់រឿងមួយដល់អ្នកមិនមែនជាអ្នកគាំទ្រ ដោយនិយាយក្នុងនាមជាអ្នកគាំទ្រ, ...
Korean:팬의 입장에서 설명하다, ...
Persian:به عنوان طرفدار توضیح دادن, ...
Polish:tłumaczyć jako fan, ...
Portuguese (BR):explicar de fã para não fã, ...
Romanian:a explica ca fan, ...
Swedish:förklara som ett fan, ...
Thai:อธิบายแบบแฟนคลับ, ...
Turkish:hayran olarak açıklamak, ...
Vietnamese:giải thích như một fan hâm mộ, ...

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