excusa

See also: excusá and excusà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əksˈku.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eksˈku.za]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from excusar, from Latin excusāre (“to excuse”).

Noun

excusa f (plural excuses)

1. excuse

Further reading

• “excusa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

excusa

1. inflection of excusar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

excusa

1. third-person singular past historic of excuser

Anagrams

• sceaux

Latin

Verb

excūsā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of excūsō

References

• excusa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Occitan

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Noun

excusa f (plural excusas)

1. excuse

Related terms

• excusar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsˈkusa/ [eɣ̞sˈku.sa]

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• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: ex‧cu‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from excusar.

Noun

excusa f (plural excusas)

1. excuse, cop-out

   Synonym: disculpa

2. pretext

Etymology 2

Verb

excusa

1. inflection of excusar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “excusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014