This is the 2096th most frequent Portuguese word.
explicando
"Explicando" means "explaining."
In this sentence, 'explicando' is used to express an ongoing action in the present, as part of the present continuous tense.
Estou explicando a matéria para os alunos.
I am explaining the subject to the students.
Here, 'explicando' indicates the manner in which an action was performed in the past, in this case, she was explaining as part of a continuous action.
Ela passou bastante tempo explicando o problema para mim.
She spent a lot of time explaining the problem to me.
In this sentence, 'explicando' is used as a gerund to describe the means or manner by which the subsequent outcome occurred, i.e., facilitating understanding.