excuse in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for excuse in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.ex·cuse VB trans [ɪk'skjuːz, ek-]

1. excuse:

excuse (forgive)

oprostiti // opraštati

excuse (make an exception)

izviniti // izvinjavati

excuse (make an exception)

opravdati // opravdavati

I cannot excuse his behaviour

ne mogu da opravdam njegovo ponašanje

to excuse sb [for] sth

oprostiti nekome nešto

to excuse sb from sth

osloboditi nekoga nečega

may I be excused from cricket practice?

mogu li biti oslobođen treninga kriketa?

2. excuse (attract attention):

excuse me!

izvinite!

excuse me!

oprostite!

(beg pardon) excuse me?

molim?

(beg pardon) excuse me?

oprostite!

(on leaving) [if you'll] excuse me

izvinite me

II.ex·cuse N [ɪk'skjuːs, ek-]

1. excuse (explanation):

excuse

opravdanje nt

please make my excuses at Thursday's meeting

izvinjavam se što neću doći na sastanak u četvrtak

2. excuse:

excuse (justification)

izgovor m

excuse (with reason)

opravdanje nt

there is no excuse for their behaviour

nema opravdanja za njihovo ponašanje

to make an excuse

opravdati se

3. excuse inf (poor example):

an excuse for sth

izgovor za nešto

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improbable excuse, story

neverovatan

improbable excuse, story

neočekivan

improbable excuse, story

malo verovatan

timeworn excuse

otrcan

feeble joke, excuse

loš

to invent an excuse

izmisliti izgovor

shabby excuse

proziran

his excuse sounded a bit contrived

opravdanja su mu zvučala malo izveštačeno

unacceptable behaviour, excuse, offer

neprihvatljiv

to think upup an excuse

smisliti opravdanje

concoct excuse

smisliti // smišljati

excuse Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to splutter an excuse

isfrfljati izgovor

how's that for an excuse!

kakav izgovor!

to invent an excuse

izmisliti izgovor

to seize on an excuse

uvažiti opravdanje

I cannot excuse his behaviour

ne mogu da opravdam njegovo ponašanje

there is no excuse for their behaviour

nema opravdanja za njihovo ponašanje

to think upup an excuse

smisliti opravdanje

their French is still quite poor excuse

bedan

his excuse sounded a bit contrived

opravdanja su mu zvučala malo izveštačeno

to reject an excuse

ne uvažiti opravdanje

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Duress operates as an excuse but necessity operates as a justification, rendering the defendant's conduct lawful.

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The excuse provides a mitigating factor for a group of persons sharing a common characteristic.

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They are sitting on volcanoes - any excuse, any small excuse, and the violence is triggered.

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This provides the perfect excuse for unrighteousness by implying we can not be righteous even if we want to be.

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They are fictional beings commonly used as an explanation (or excuse) for typos.

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Then again, maybe you're just like everyone else, desperately looking for an excuse to skive off work and twirl around on your desk chair.

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Seven civilian deaths were also reported during the clampdown with some accusing the militia of using the clampdown as an excuse to stifle dissent.

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Furthermore, the changeover to the euro should not serve as an excuse to increase prices.

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What is the legal justification or excuse for such conduct?

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The school didn't have a compound wall and louts passing by used that as an excuse to tease the girls in class.

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