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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1. excuse /ɪkˈskjuːs/ n.
- (reason) scusa f., giustificazione f.;
(pretext) scusa f., pretesto m.;
to make one’s ~s fare le proprie scuse;
to make o find an ~ trovare una scusa;
to be an ~ to do o for doing essere una scusa per fare;
I have a good ~ for not doing it ho una buona ragione per non farlo;
an ~ to leave early una scusa per andare via presto;
is that the best ~ you can come up with? non hai una scusa migliore?
any ~ will do! tutte le scuse sono buone!
- (justification) scusante f.;
there’s no ~ for such behaviour non c’è scusante per un simile comportamento;
that’s no ~ non è una scusa valida.
- tr.
- (forgive) scusare [person] (for doing per aver fatto);
perdonare [error];
if you’ll ~ the expression se mi si consente l’espressione;
~ me! scusa(mi)! mi scusi! chiedo scusa!
~ me for asking mi scusi se glielo chiedo, mi perdoni la domanda;
you’ll have to ~ me for not inviting you in mi devi scusare se non ti invito a entrare;
if you’ll ~ me, I have work to do se mi vuoi scusare, ho del lavoro da fare;
“would you like a drink?” - “~ me?” AE “vuoi qualcosa da bere?” - “(come) scusa?”;
may I be ~d? BE eufem. posso uscire? posso andare al bagno?
- (justify) giustificare [action, measure];
scusare, giustificare [person]
- (exempt) dispensare (from da; from doing dal fare)
- (forgive) scusare [person] (for doing per aver fatto);
- rifl. to ~ oneself scusarsi.
'excuse' trovato anche in queste voci:
Inglese:
apology
- applicable
- babble
- better
- but
- cast
- cast iron
- clutch
- cobble
- come
- concoct
- convenient
- cook
- cop-out
- dream
- evasion
- fabricate
- feasible
- feeble
- flabby
- flimsy
- furnish
- grasp
- hollow
- jerk
- lame
- lameness
- legitimate
- let
- likely
- make
- manufacture
- old
- overworked
- paltry
- phoney
- pitiable
- pitiful
- plea
- plead
- poor
- ready-made
- rehearse
- same
- see
- sell
- serve
- slick
Italiano:
alibi
- andare
- appigliarsi
- appiglio
- attaccare
- buono
- chiedere
- come
- dire
- dispensare
- esentare
- esimere
- esonerare
- giustificare
- giustificazione
- ignoranza
- liquidare
- mo’
- non
- parlare
- perdonare
- perdono
- permesso
- prego
- pretesto
- pronto
- qualche
- rispetto
- scusa
- scusante
- scusare
- stivale
- tenere
- termine
- venire
excuse: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||
| excuse | n | (explanation) | giustificazione, spiegazione, scusa nf |
| The teacher was tired of his excuses for work not done. | |||
| L'insegnante era stufa delle sue giustificazioni per non aver fatto i compiti. | |||
| excuse | n | (pretext) | scusa nf |
| pretesto nm | |||
| He used the mistletoe as an excuse to kiss her. | |||
| Usò il vischio come scusa per baciarla. | |||
| excuse | vtr | (pardon) | scusare⇒ vtr |
| Excuse me, but I must go and make a telephone call. | |||
| Scusatemi, devo andare a fare una telefonata. | |||
| Additional Translations | |||
| excuse | n | informal (inadequate specimen) slang, offensivo! | aborto nm |
| That's a poor excuse for a dog. | |||
| Quello è proprio un aborto di cane. | |||
| excuse | vtr | (in apology) | scusare⇒, perdonare⇒ vtr |
| scusarsi v rif | |||
| Please excuse me. I didn't mean to step on your foot. | |||
| Scusami! Non volevo pestarti il piede. | |||
| * Mi scuso se ti ho offeso. | |||
| excuse | vtr | (justify) | giustificabile agg |
| giustificare⇒ vtr | |||
| You cannot excuse bad behaviour. | |||
| La maleducazione non è giustificabile. | |||
| * Non possiamo giustificare il suo comportamento. | |||
| excuse | vtr | (release) | esonerare⇒ vtr |
| He was excused from gymnastics as he had sprained his ankle. | |||
| Fu esonerato dalla lezione di ginnastica perché si era slogato una caviglia. | |||
| excuse | vtr | (seek exemption) | esentare⇒, esonerare⇒ vtr |
| militare: esentare dalla leva | riformare⇒ vtr | ||
| As I am a fireman I wish you to excuse me from national service. | |||
| * E' stato esentato dal servizio militare. | |||
| excuse | vtr | (dispense with) | lasciar stare⇒, lasciar perdere⇒, lasciare da parte, mettere da parte vtr |
| di qualcosa | fare a meno vi | ||
| We will excuse the formalities and get right down to business. | |||
| Lasciamo perdere le formalità e passiamo subito agli affari. | |||
| Segnala un errore | |||
excuse: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||
| as an excuse | come scusa | ||
| excuse me | interj | (used to interrupt or request politely) formale | scusi, mi scusi inter |
| Excuse me, where is the post office? | |||
| Excuse me, can you please move over a bit? | |||
| Mi scusi, può spostarsi un pochino? | |||
| informale | scusa, scusami inter | ||
| plurale | scusate, scusatemi inter | ||
| excuse oneself | scusarsi, andare via | salutare v | |
| excuse oneself | riflessivo | scusarsi v | |
| excuse us | tu | scusaci idiom | |
| excuse us | voi | scusateci idiom | |
| excuse yourself | scusarsi⇒ vrif | ||
| lame excuse | n | (unconvincing attempt to justify) | scusa patetica nf |
| poor excuse | n | (unconvincing attempt to justify) | miserevole scusa nf |
| scusa che non regge | |||
| used as an excuse | pretestuoso adj | ||
| Segnala un errore | |||
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Are you looking for an excuse to write (to) me?
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Excuse me
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Excuse me vs. sorry e pardon
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that's hardly an excuse
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There is nothing to excuse
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excuse for the workload
Excuse me
Excuse me can you please exchange this
Excuse me for the late reply
Excuse me if I fall off the edge of the earth
Excuse me vs. sorry e pardon
Excuse me, my family and friends, but now I must get on with my life
Excuse me, Sir, I have a message to convey to you.
Excuse me, where is the lift?
Excuse me, would you mind not sitting there
Excuse me! I didn't realize that you are Spanish
Excuse my Italian
excuse the tone, I was frustrated
patronising excuse
Please excuse my attempt in writing Italian
Please excuse my poor Italian translation
Please excuse your crazy twinsoulmate
sorry excuse for a backyard
Sorry, excuse me, pardon!
that's hardly an excuse
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
There is nothing to excuse
There is tap water? Excuse me if I'm being cheap.
to make an excuse for it
To spit-polish an excuse
wacky excuse
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