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la excusa

excuse, pretext

e ɡ s ˈk u s a
noun · feminine Common #10,246
excuse, pretext Often used for a reason given to hide the real reason for doing something.
SP: Puso una excusa para llegar tarde.
EN: He made an excuse for being late.
Declension of excusa
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Mi excusa.

My excuse.

— Devdas (2002)

Como no has de tener una buena excusa, no te voy a pedir una mala.

Since you surely don't have a good excuse, I'm not going to ask you for a bad one.

— Cuestión De Honor (1992)

Esa es una buena excusa.

That's a good excuse.

Tom no tiene excusa.

Tom has no excuse.

Me gustará saber lo que les has soltado como excusa.

I'd like to know what excuse you gave them.

— Los 400 golpes (1959)

Dale una buena excusa y vete.

Give him a good excuse and leave.

— Tesis (1996)

Eso no es excusa.

That's no excuse.

— Un buen ladrón (2025)

Hace mucho que los aldeanos no pagan impuestos con la excusa de inundaciones.

The villagers haven't paid taxes for a long time, using floods as an excuse.

— RRR (2022)

Cualquier excusa es buena para sacar esa cosa.

Any excuse is good enough to get that thing out.

Vamos, eso no es excusa y lo sabes.

Come on, that's no excuse and you know it.

Tú fuiste la excusa de ella para venir.

You were her excuse for coming.

¿Qué excusa le has dado?

What excuse did you give him?

— Los 400 golpes (1959)

Y cualquier excusa es buena para montar una.

And any excuse is a good one to set one up.

— Las alas del deseo (1987)

Por mí está bien cualquier excusa.

Any excuse works for me.

— Masaan 2015 (2015)

Ya estoy cansado de esa vieja excusa.

I'm tired of that old excuse.

— Haz lo correcto (1989)

Quizá estaba conmigo como excusa.

Perhaps he was with me as an excuse.

— Pacto de sangre (1944)

Puso como excusa que su reloj estaba mal.

He gave the excuse that his watch was faulty.

Ya se le ocurrirá a usted alguna excusa.

You'll come up with some excuse.

— Fresas salvajes (1957)

Esa es la excusa, tonto.

That's the excuse, dummy.

— Devdas (2002)

No es excusa, pero así surgen la mayoría de los traficantes.

It's no excuse, but that's how most traffickers come about.

— Tropa de Élite (2007)

No acepto tu excusa.

I don't accept your excuse.

¡Menuda excusa!

What a lousy excuse!

— 色‧戒 (2007)

Esa no es excusa.

That’s no excuse.

¿Cuál es tu excusa?

What's your excuse?

— Mátate, amor (2025)

¿Qué excusa será esta vez?

What excuse will it be this time?

— Una noche dura (2019)

No quiero oír ninguna excusa.

I don't want to hear any excuses.

No tengo excusa.

I have no excuse.

— Fresas salvajes (1957)

Eso es sólo la excusa.

That's just an excuse.

¿Estás utilizando a tu suegra como excusa?

Are you using your mother-in-law as an excuse?

— En presencia del diablo (2016)

Nunca había escuchado esa excusa.

I had never heard that excuse before.

— Realmente amor (2003)

¿Ahora no usarás la excusa de tu amiga?

So now you’re not going to use your friend as an excuse?

— Masaan 2015 (2015)

Mi excusa favorita.

My favorite excuse.

Entrará con la excusa de recoger una maleta perdida.

He will enter under the pretext of picking up a lost suitcase.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Créeme, esa excusa no te la van a creer.

Believe me, they’re not going to believe that excuse.

No lo pongas de excusa.

Don't use it as an excuse.

— The Chaser (2008)

¿Qué excusa tienes tú?

What excuse do you have?

— Tres son multitud (1998)

Que se haya ido no es excusa.

The fact that he left is no excuse.

— Chungking Express (1994)

Sus registros revelan que no hay excusa alguna.

Their records reveal that there is no excuse whatsoever.

— Nuremberg: El Juicio Del Siglo (2025)

No me creo esa excusa.

I don't believe that excuse.

Esa excusa no me vale.

That excuse doesn't work for me.