excuse

excuse
I [ɪk'skjuːs]
nome
1) (reason) scusa f., giustificazione f.; (pretext) scusa f., pretesto m.

to make one's excuses — fare le proprie scuse

to make o find an excuse trovare una scusa; to be an excuse to do o for doing essere una scusa per fare; I have a good excuse for not doing it ho una buona ragione per non farlo; an excuse to leave early una scusa per andare via presto; is that the best excuse you can come up with? non hai una scusa migliore? any excuse will do! — tutte le scuse sono buone!

2) (justification) scusante f.

there's no excuse for such behaviour — non c'è scusante per un simile comportamento

that's no excuse — non è una scusa valida

II 1. [ɪk'skjuːz]
verbo transitivo
1) (forgive) scusare [person] (for doing per aver fatto); perdonare [error]

if you'll excuse the expression — se mi si consente l'espressione

excuse me! — scusa(mi)! mi scusi! chiedo scusa!

excuse me for asking — mi scusi se glielo chiedo, mi perdoni la domanda

you'll have to excuse me for not inviting you in — mi devi scusare se non ti invito a entrare

if you'll excuse me, I have work to do — se mi vuoi scusare, ho del lavoro da fare

"would you like a drink?" - "excuse me?" — AE "vuoi qualcosa da bere?" - "(come) scusa?"

may I be excused? — BE eufem. posso uscire? posso andare al bagno?

2) (justify) giustificare [action, measure]; scusare, giustificare [person]
3) (exempt) dispensare (from da; from doing dal fare)
2.
verbo riflessivo

to excuse oneself — scusarsi

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1. [ik'skju:z] verb
1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) scusare
2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) esentare, esonerare
2. [ik'skju:s] noun
(a reason (given by oneself) for being excused, or a reason for excusing: He has no excuse for being so late.) scusa
* * *
I [ɪk'skjuːs]
nome
1) (reason) scusa f., giustificazione f.; (pretext) scusa f., pretesto m.

to make one's excuses — fare le proprie scuse

to make o find an excuse trovare una scusa; to be an excuse to do o for doing essere una scusa per fare; I have a good excuse for not doing it ho una buona ragione per non farlo; an excuse to leave early una scusa per andare via presto; is that the best excuse you can come up with? non hai una scusa migliore? any excuse will do! — tutte le scuse sono buone!

2) (justification) scusante f.

there's no excuse for such behaviour — non c'è scusante per un simile comportamento

that's no excuse — non è una scusa valida

II 1. [ɪk'skjuːz]
verbo transitivo
1) (forgive) scusare [person] (for doing per aver fatto); perdonare [error]

if you'll excuse the expression — se mi si consente l'espressione

excuse me! — scusa(mi)! mi scusi! chiedo scusa!

excuse me for asking — mi scusi se glielo chiedo, mi perdoni la domanda

you'll have to excuse me for not inviting you in — mi devi scusare se non ti invito a entrare

if you'll excuse me, I have work to do — se mi vuoi scusare, ho del lavoro da fare

"would you like a drink?" - "excuse me?" — AE "vuoi qualcosa da bere?" - "(come) scusa?"

may I be excused? — BE eufem. posso uscire? posso andare al bagno?

2) (justify) giustificare [action, measure]; scusare, giustificare [person]
3) (exempt) dispensare (from da; from doing dal fare)
2.
verbo riflessivo

to excuse oneself — scusarsi


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