excusa para

¿Cuál es tu excusa para llegar tarde al trabajo?

What's your excuse for being late to work?

Los shondesh son su excusa para venir.

The shondesh are their excuse for coming.

— Devdas (2002)

Vas a usar esto como excusa para rendirte.

You're going to use this as an excuse to give up.

— Cuestión De Honor (1992)

Buena excusa para ir caminando.

A good excuse to walk.

— Diarios de motocicleta (2004)

Esa no es excusa para la negligencia.

That is no excuse for negligence.

— El laberinto del fauno (2006)

La guerra era excusa para todo.

The war was an excuse for everything.

— Ciudad de Dios (2002)

¿Ésa es su excusa para no leerlo?

Is that your excuse for not reading it?

— Ha vuelto (2015)

Usó un dolor de cabeza como excusa para irse temprano.

He used a headache as an excuse to leave early.

Tom siempre da la misma vieja excusa para llegar tarde al colegio.

Tom always gives the same old excuse for being late to school.

Eso no es excusa para comportarse así.

That's no excuse for behaving like that.

— Fresas salvajes (1957)