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1 excusa
f.1 excuse (pretexto, motivo).2 apology.presentó sus excusas he apologizedpres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: excusar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: excusar.* * *1 (pretexto) excuse2 (disculpa) excuse, apology\dar excusas to make excusesofrecer sus excusas / presentar sus excusas to apologize* * *noun f.* * *SF excusepresentar sus excusas — to make one's excuses, excuse o.s.
* * *a) ( pretexto) excusepresentó sus excusas — (frml) he made his apologies
* * *= excuse, apology, false pretence, pretence [pretense, -USA].Ex. The excuse for this is to allow a clerk to easily make a title entry for it.Ex. I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.Ex. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.Ex. Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.----* con la excusa de = in the name of, under the mantle of, under the flag of, under the guise of, in the guise of.* dar una excusa = give + excuse.* excusa justificada = justified excuse.* excusa muy pobre = lame excuse.* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.* excusas = alibi.* sin excusa justificada = unexcused.* * *a) ( pretexto) excusepresentó sus excusas — (frml) he made his apologies
* * *= excuse, apology, false pretence, pretence [pretense, -USA].Ex: The excuse for this is to allow a clerk to easily make a title entry for it.
Ex: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.Ex: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.Ex: Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.* con la excusa de = in the name of, under the mantle of, under the flag of, under the guise of, in the guise of.* dar una excusa = give + excuse.* excusa justificada = justified excuse.* excusa muy pobre = lame excuse.* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.* excusas = alibi.* sin excusa justificada = unexcused.* * *1 (pretexto) excuseme inventé una excusa para no ir I made up an excuse not to gopresentó sus excusas ( frml); he made his apologies* * *
Del verbo excusar: ( conjugate excusar)
excusa es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
excusa
excusar
excusa sustantivo femenino
b)
excusar ( conjugate excusar) verbo transitivo
b) ( eximir) excusa a algn de algo/hacer algo to excuse sb (from) sth/doing sth
excusarse verbo pronominal (frml)
excusa sustantivo femenino (pretexto) excuse: a ver con qué excusa viene esta vez, let's see what his excuse is this time
(disculpa) apology: eso no tiene excusa, there's no excuse for that
le presento mis excusas por llegar tan tarde, I apologize for arriving so late
excusar verbo transitivo (disculpar) to excuse
' excusa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acogerse
- desmontar
- historiada
- historiado
- inventar
- pero
- plausible
- socorrida
- socorrido
- admisible
- amañar
- burdo
- cuento
- débil
- tonto
- tragar
- verosímil
English:
apology
- cast-iron
- concoct
- excuse
- familiar
- flimsy
- lame
- paltry
- plead
- pretence
- pretense
- pretext
- serve up
- square
- water
- other
- pathetic
* * *excusa nf1. [pretexto, motivo] excuse;eso no es excusa para que se peleen that's no excuse for them to start fighting;que mintieras a tu hermano no tiene excusa there's no excuse for you lying to your brother;no busques más excusas don't keep trying to find excuses;¡nada de excusas! no excuses!2. [petición de perdón] apology;presentó sus excusas [en persona] he apologized;[a distancia] he sent his apologies* * *f1 excuse2:excusas pl apologies* * *excusa nf1) pretexto: excuse2) disculpa: apology* * *excusa n excuse
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