excusa

f.

1 excuse (pretexto, motivo).

2 apology.

presentó sus excusas he apologized

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: excusar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: excusar.

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excusa

► nombre femenino

1 (pretexto) excuse

2 (disculpa) excuse, apology

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar excusas to make excuses

ofrecer sus excusas / presentar sus excusas to apologize

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noun f.

excuse

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SF excuse

buscar una excusa — to look for an excuse

presentar sus excusas — to make one's excuses, excuse o.s.

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femenino

a) (pretexto) excuse

inventé una excusa — I made up an excuse

b) excusas femenino plural (disculpas) apologies (pl)

presentó sus excusas — (frml) he made his apologies

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= 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.

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* 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.

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femenino

a) (pretexto) excuse

inventé una excusa — I made up an excuse

b) excusas femenino plural (disculpas) apologies (pl)

presentó sus excusas — (frml) he made his apologies

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= 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.

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excusa

feminine

1 (pretexto) excuse

me inventé una excusa para no ir I made up an excuse not to go

2 excusas fpl (disculpas) apologies (pl)

presentó sus excusas (frml); he made his apologies

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Del verbo excusar: (conjugate excusar)

excusa es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
excusa    
excusar
excusa sustantivo femenino

a) (pretexto) excuse

b)

◊ excusas sustantivo femenino plural (disculpas) apologies (pl)

excusar (conjugate excusar) verbo transitivo

a) (disculpar) ‹comportamiento› to excuse

b) (eximir) excusa a algn de algo/hacer algo to excuse sb (from) sth/doing sth

excusarse verbo pronominal (frml)

a) (pedir perdón) to apologize

b) (ofrecer excusas) to excuse oneself

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

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excusa nf

1. [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

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excusa

f

1 excuse

2

:

excusas pl apologies

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excusa nf

1) pretexto: excuse

2) disculpa: apology

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excusa n excuse