excuses in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.excuse VB trans [Am ɪkˈskjuz, Brit ɪkˈskjuːz, ɛkˈskjuːz]

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II.excuse VB refl to excuse oneself

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III.excuse N [Am ɪkˈskjus, Brit ɪkˈskjuːs, ɛkˈskjuːs]

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trundle out excuses/platitudes
salir con
fabricate story/excuse
inventar(se)
the government retreated behind a barricade of promises and excuses
el gobierno se parapetó tras un cúmulo de promesas y excusas
that's his all-purpose excuse
es su pretexto de siempre
cook up excuse/alibi
inventarse
well-worn excuse
poco original

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excuses in the PONS Dictionary

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I.excuse [ɪkˈskju:z] VB trans

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timeworn excuse
trillado, -a
lameness of excuse
debilidad f
hoary old excuse
excusa f de siempre
to mouth an excuse
soltar la excusa de rigor

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excuses Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to manufacture an excuse/a story
inventar una excusa/un cuento
to find excuses
buscar pretextos
to make excuses for sb
justificar a alguien
to be a poor excuse for sth
ser una mala versión de algo
to put sb off with excuses
dar largas a alguien inf
that excuse won't wash with me inf
esa excusa conmigo no cuela
excuse me, can I come through?
perdona, ¿puedo pasar?
your excuses won't help you this time
esta vez no te valdrán tus excusas
your inexperience does not excuse such behaviour [or behavior Am]
tu inexperiencia no disculpa ese comportamiento
there's no excuse for what you've done
no hay justificación para lo que has hecho
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Keep up your absurd excuses and you'll be left with high schools and grammar schools to piddle with.
host.madison.com
Our taxation system excuses more than a fifth of people from paying anything at all through direct taxation.
www.irishexaminer.com
He made no excuses, he didn't try to sugarcoat it, and he didn't tiptoe around it.
www.rushlimbaugh.com
He further said that the concept was end-to-end mea culpa, full of clarifications, rectifications and excuses, revising the history of a man who knows he doesn't have much time left.
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She also evaluated contestants in the boardroom, pointing out critical errors and rebutting excuses they offered for losing the tasks.
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However, there are no excuses for trying an overused and tawdry storyline.
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They've received a myriad of excuses, including being overqualified and overeducated, from prospective employers about why they're not being hired.
www.mississauga.com
Workshy schoolchildren no longer rely on traditional excuses such as "the dog ate my homework", prefering more modern variations including "my computer crashed", according to a survey.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The list of excuses she invented to avoid each week's class is entertaining, but she persevered and became a decent hoofer.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
When a guest is hungry, he excuses himself and retires to the dining room, a private cubicle, to eat food.
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