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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.

2. (to make apology for)

a. to apologize for

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.

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g. usted).

(formal)

(to prevent)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

a. to avoid

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.

4. (to release from an obligation)

a. to exempt from

Me excusaron de asistir a la reunión porque mi padre se puso enfermo.I was exempted from attending the meeting because my father became ill.

excusarse

A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).

pronominal verb

5. (to excuse oneself)

a. to apologize

El alumno se excusó con el profesor por su mal comportamiento en clase.The student apologized to the teacher for his bad behavior in class.

excusar

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (disculpar a)

a. to excuse

2. (disculparse por)

a. to apologize for

3. (evitar)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

a. to avoid

excuso decir que…there's no need for me to say that…

A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).

pronominal verb

4. (general)

a. to apologize, to excuse oneself

excusar

transitive verb

1 (disculpar) to excuse

excúsame con los otros apologize to the others for me

2 (evitar) [+disgustos] to avoid; prevent

así excusamos disgustos this way we avoid difficulties; podemos excusar lo otro we 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 largo so I can save myself the trouble of writing at greater length

3 (eximir) to exempt;de from

pronominal verb

excusarse (disculparse) to apologize;con to

excusarse de haber hecho algo to apologize for having done sth

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Verb Conjugations for excusar

Present Participle: excusando

Past Participle: excusado

Indicative

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	excuso	excusé	excusaba	excusaría	excusaré
tú	excusas	excusaste	excusabas	excusarías	excusarás
él/ella/Ud.	excusa	excusó	excusaba	excusaría	excusará
nosotros	excusamos	excusamos	excusábamos	excusaríamos	excusaremos
vosotros	excusáis	excusasteis	excusabais	excusaríais	excusaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	excusan	excusaron	excusaban	excusarían	excusarán

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