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1 excusar
v.1 to excuse (disculpar a).Ricardo desagravió su infidelidad Richard made up for his cheating.2 to avoid (evitar). (peninsular Spanish)excuso decir que… there's no need for me to say that…* * *1 (justificar) to excuse2 (disculpar) to pardon, forgive, excuse4 (eximir) to exempt (de, from)5 excusar + inf to have no need1 (justificarse) to excuse oneself; (disculparse) to apologize* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=disculpar) to excuse2) (=evitar) [+ disgustos] to avoid, preventpodemos excusar lo otro — we can forget about the rest of it, we don't have to bother with the rest
excusamos decirle que... — we don't have to tell you that...
3) (=eximir) to exempt (de from)2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( disculpar) to excuseeso no excusa tu comportamiento — that does not excuse o justify your behavior
b) ( eximir)excusar a alguien de algo/+ inf — to excuse somebody (from) something/-ing
c) (Esp frml) (evitar, omitir)2.excusarse v pron (frml)a) ( pedir perdón) to apologizeb) ( ofrecer excusas) to excuse oneself* * *= let + Nombre + off the hook, excuse, condone.Ex. This would imply not trying to duplicate the market reached, for example, by the paperback -- a policy which might, amongst other things, help let the library off the hook as far as the old problem of stocking lowgrade literature is concerned.Ex. Librarians could be excused for wondering if there is any role for them to play in the virtual library environment.Ex. Writers and publishers go to great lengths to avoid the appearance of supporting or condoning homosexuality.----* excusándose = apologetically.* llamar al trabajo para excusarse por enfermedad = call in + sick.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( disculpar) to excuseeso no excusa tu comportamiento — that does not excuse o justify your behavior
b) ( eximir)excusar a alguien de algo/+ inf — to excuse somebody (from) something/-ing
c) (Esp frml) (evitar, omitir)2.excusarse v pron (frml)a) ( pedir perdón) to apologizeb) ( ofrecer excusas) to excuse oneself* * *= let + Nombre + off the hook, excuse, condone.Ex: This would imply not trying to duplicate the market reached, for example, by the paperback -- a policy which might, amongst other things, help let the library off the hook as far as the old problem of stocking lowgrade literature is concerned.
Ex: Librarians could be excused for wondering if there is any role for them to play in the virtual library environment.Ex: Writers and publishers go to great lengths to avoid the appearance of supporting or condoning homosexuality.* excusándose = apologetically.* llamar al trabajo para excusarse por enfermedad = call in + sick.* * *excusar [A1 ]vt1 (disculpar) to excuseeso no excusa tu comportamiento that does not excuse o justify your behaviornos pidió que lo excusáramos por el retraso he asked us to excuse him for the delay, he apologized for the delayla excusó diciendo que … he made excuses for her saying that …2 (eximir) excusar a algn DE algo:los excusaron de asistir a la clase they were excused from attending the classlo excusaron del servicio activo he was exempted from active service3( Esp frml) (evitar, omitir): excuso decirle lo mal que me sentó aquel comentario I hardly need tell you how much that remark upset mese lo contó excusando los detalles más desagradables he told them but spared them the more unpleasant details, he told them, omitting the more unpleasant detailsto apologizese excusó por no haber venido antes he apologized for not arriving earlierse excusaron diciendo que estarían fuera they declined o made their excuses saying that they would be away* * *
excusar ( conjugate excusar) verbo transitivo
b) ( eximir) excusar a algn de algo/hacer algo to excuse sb (from) sth/doing sth
excusarse verbo pronominal (frml)
excusar verbo transitivo (disculpar) to excuse
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excuse
* * *♦ vt1. [disculpar] to excuse;[disculparse por] to apologize for;eso no excusa tu falta de puntualidad that is no excuse for your being late;les ruego excusen mi ignorancia, pero… forgive my ignorance, but…;no trates de excusarla don't make excuses for herquedas excusado de asistir you are excused from attendanceexcuso decir que todos están invitados there's no need for me to say that you're all invited* * *v/t1 excuse;excusar a alguien de hacer algo excuse s.o. from doing sth2:excuso decirte … I need not remind you …* * *excusar vt1) : to excuse2) : to exempt -
2 ♦ excuse
♦ excuse /ɪkˈskju:s/n. [cu]1 scusa; pretesto: to find an excuse, trovare una scusa; to invent an excuse, inventare una scusa; a flimsy (o feeble) excuse, una scusa debole; a lame excuse, una scusa che non regge; a plausible excuse, una scusa accettabile; The rain gave me an excuse to stay, la pioggia mi diede un pretesto per restare2 giustificazione; scusante; scuse (pl.): by way of excuse, per giustificarsi; come scusante; to have no excuse, non avere scusanti; That's no excuse!, non è una scusa valida!; to make one's excuses, fare le proprie scuse; without excuse, senza giustificazione; inescusabile; in excuse of, a giustificazione di● (fam.) excuse for a, misero esemplare di: that pathetic excuse for a tenor, quel tenore penoso; quel, si fa per dire, tenore.♦ (to) excuse /ɪkˈskju:z/v. t.1 scusare; perdonare: Do excuse the mess!, scusa il disordine!; DIALOGO → - Greetings and other useful phrases- Excuse me!, scusa(mi)!; mi scusi!; ( anche, per passare) (con) permesso!; (dopo aver urtato q., USA) scusa!, scusi!, pardon!; Excuse me for not answering before, scusami per non averti risposto prima; DIALOGO → - On the Tube- Excuse me, does this train go to High Street Kensington?, mi scusi, questo treno va a High Street Kensington?2 scusare; giustificare: His youth excuses his mistake, la sua giovinezza giustifica il suo errore; to excuse an absence, giustificare un'assenza3 dispensare; esimere; esentare; esonerare; condonare: I cannot excuse you from the gym lessons, non posso esonerarti dalle lezioni di ginnastica; His position doesn't excuse him from being civil, la sua posizione non lo esime dall'essere educato; They will excuse him the fee, gli condoneranno il pagamento della tassa4 dare a (q.) il permesso di andarsene; scusare: If you'll excuse me…, col suo permesso… (o chiedo scusa, ma…; se mi vuole scusare…) ( devo andare); ( a un insegnante) May I be excused?, posso uscire? ( per andare al gabinetto)● to excuse oneself, scusarsi, chiedere scusa: I excused myself and left the room, mi sono scusato con lui e sono uscito dalla stanza; chiedere (e ottenere) di essere dispensato (da qc.); scusarsi (di non poter fare qc.); mandare le proprie scuse: I excused myself from singing, scusandomi declinai di cantare; She excused herself from the meeting at the last minute, all'ultimo momento ha mandato le proprie scuse non potendo partecipare all'incontro; allontanarsi chiedendo scusa □ (fam., iron.) Excuse me ( for living)!, scusami tanto!; chiedo umilmente scusa! NOTA D'USO: - I'm sorry o excuse me?-.
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