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excusar

/eɡskuˈsaɾ/

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verb/eɡskuˈsaɾ/

to excuse

Semi-learned alteration (based on the Latin etymon) of the inherited Old Spanish escusar, from Latin excūsāre. Cf. the now obsolete form escusar ("to hide"), influenced by the old past participle of esconder.