Betydning av excuse På norsk

• 0 an explanation for doing sth, used to try to avoid criticism -- unnskyldning [ masculine ]

  • his excuse for being late hans unnskyldning for å ha kommet for sent

  • If you don’t want to go, just make an excuse. Hvis du ikke vil gå, så bare kom med et påskudd.

• 1 a reason for doing what you want -- unnskyldning [ masculine ]

  • A wedding is a good excuse for buying new clothes. Et bryllup er en bra unnskyldning for å kjøpe nye klær.

• 2 indicates you want sb to repeat what they said -- hva sa du?

  • “I’m going home now.””Excuse me?” “Jeg går hjem nå.” “Hva sa du?”

  • Excuse me, could you hold this for me? Unnskyld meg, kan du holde denne for meg?

  • Excuse me, could I get past you? Unnskyld, kan jeg komme forbi?

• 3 to forgive -- unnskylde

  • Please excuse my terrible English. Vær så snill å tilgi den elendige engelsken min.

• 4 to give a reason to make sth seem less bad -- unnskylde

  • Nothing can excuse his bad language. Ingenting kan unnskylde det vulgære språket hans.

• 5 to give permission to leave or not do -- unnskylde

  • May I be excused? I don’t feel well. Kan dere ha meg unnskyldt? Jeg føler meg ikke helt bra.

  • The coach excused him from training. Treneren fritok ham fra treningen.

• 6 to forgive or pardon -- unnskylde

  • Excuse me – can you tell me the time?

  • I’ll excuse your carelessness this time.

• 7 to free (someone) from a task, duty etc -- frita; gi lov til å gå

  • May I be excused from swimming practice today?

• 8 a reason (given by oneself) for being excused, or a reason for excusing -- unnskyldning, påskudd, begrunnelse (for)

  • He has no excuse for being so late.