No. 11,442 in Spanish
excusas
Excuses.
In a sentence
No tienes excusas para llegar tarde.
You have no excuses for being late.
Here, 'excusas' is used to indicate reasons or justifications that someone might provide for an action or situation, suggesting the absence thereof.
Siempre busca excusas para no hacer su trabajo.
He always looks for excuses to avoid doing his work.
In this sentence, 'excusas' refers to fabricated or unjustifiable reasons to evade responsibilities.
La vida a veces te deja sin excusas para no ser feliz.
Life sometimes leaves you without excuses not to be happy.
Here, 'excusas' is utilized metaphorically to talk about emotional or situational justifications for feelings or states of being, emphasizing their redundancy in this context.
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