An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 1. (not present)
a. absent Marcos estuvo ausente de clases hoy. Marcos was absent from school today.
2. (mentally absent)
a. distracted Parece que está ausente. Tal vez por eso no me contesta. It looks like she's distracted. Maybe that's why she's not answering me.
b. daydreaming Ya te lo expliqué, pero como estás ausente todavía no lo has captado. I already explained it to you, but since you're daydreaming you still haven't got it.
This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of person it refers to (e.g. el doctor, la doctora).
masculine or feminine noun 3. (someone not present)
a. absentee Hay que reducir el porcentaje de ausentes en nuestra escuela. We need to reduce the percentage of absentees in our school.
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This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation Dijo que no era necesario tomar en cuenta a los ausentes. He said it wasn't necessary to consider those who were not present.
Hay que tener en cuenta siempre nuestros camaradas ausentes. We must always remember our brothers-in-arms who are no longer with us.
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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 1. (no presente)
a. absent estará ausente todo el día he'll be away all day
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun 3. (no presente)
a. hay varios ausentes there are a number of absentees
criticó a los ausentes she criticized the people who weren't there
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ausente
adjective
1 (físicamente) absent; de from estar ausente de to be absent from; be missing from; estar ausente de su casa to be away from home
2 (mentalmente) daydreaming (Escol) etc absentee; (Jur) missing person;
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