justify

justificar

Explicar por qué una acción o decisión fue correcta o necesaria.

En inglés sencillo: If you do this, you explain why an action or decision was right or necessary.

• Can you justify your decision?
• She justified the expense by explaining its benefits.
• They could not justify spending so much on decorations.

Cómo se usa: justify doing something (How can you justify buying another car?); justify something to someone (He justified his decision to the manager.)

Sinónimos: defend, explain

Expresiones frecuentes: justify a decision, justify something to someone, justify spending money, justify an expense

justificar

Hacer que un método malo parezca aceptable por el resultado que permite conseguir.

En inglés sencillo: If a result does this, it makes a bad way of achieving it seem acceptable.

• Does success justify dishonest methods?
• A good result does not always justify the means.
• He thought winning justified the lies he told.

Sinónimos: warrant

Expresiones frecuentes: justify the means, justify bad methods, justify an action, justify rude behavior

justificar

Ajustar las líneas de un texto para que queden alineadas tanto a la izquierda como a la derecha.

En inglés sencillo: To arrange writing so that both edges of the lines are straight.

• Please justify the text.
• She justified every paragraph in the report.
• Can this editor justify text automatically?

Expresiones frecuentes: justify text, justify a paragraph