ausente

absent

ausente(ow-sehn-teh)

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.

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.

b.

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.

ausente

adjective

1. (no presente)

a. absent

estará ausente todo el díahe'll be away all day

2. (distraído)

a. absent-minded

Noun

3. (no presente)

a.

hay varios ausentesthere are a number of absentees

criticó a los ausentesshe criticized the people who weren't there

4. (law)

a. missing person

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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;