ausencia

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absence

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ausencia
feminine noun
1 absence
  • brillar por su ausencia -> to be conspicuous by one's/its absence
  • en ausencia de -> in the absence of
  • si llama alguien en mi ausencia, toma el recado -> if anyone calls while I'm out, take a message

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ausencia [ah-oo-sen’-the-ah]
noun
1 Absence. (f)
  • Servir ausencias y enfermedades -> to perform the functions of absent or sick persons
  • Tener alguno buenas o malas ausencia -> to be ill or well spoken of in one’s absence
  • En ausencia del gato se divierten los ratones -> when the cat’s away the mice will play

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ausencia
sustantivo:femenino
absence
condenar a algn en su ausencia to sentence sb in his absence; hacer buenas ausencias de algn (anticuado) to speak kindly of sb in their absence; remember sb with affection; tener buenas ausencias (anticuado) to have a good reputation
en ausencia del gato se divierten los ratones when the cat's away the mice will play
brillar

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