Laura excusó el comportamiento de su hermano argumentando que estaba muy estresado.Laura excused her brother's behavior by saying that he was under too much stress.
Excuso las acciones de mi esposo. Está muy alterado desde que se enteró de la muerte de su madre.I apologize for my husband's actions. He has been very upset since he found out about his mother's death.
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A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).
Con mi novio hablo de todo, pero excuso hablar de relaciones anteriores.I talk about everything with my boyfriend, but I avoid talking about previous relationships.
excúsame con los otrosapologize to the others for me
2(evitar)[+disgustos]to avoid;prevent
así excusamos disgustosthis way we avoid difficulties;podemos excusar lo otrowe can forget about the rest of it;we don't have to bother with the rest;excusamos decirle que ...we don't have to tell you that ...;por eso excuso escribirte más largoso I can save myself the trouble of writing at greater length
3(eximir)to exempt;defrom
pronominal verb
excusarse(disculparse)to apologize;conto
excusarse de haber hecho algoto apologize for having done sth
