exkuzar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English excuse, French excuser, Italian scusare, Spanish excusar, ultimately from Latin excūsāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekskuˈzar/

Verb

exkuzar (present tense exkuzas, past tense exkuzis, future tense exkuzos, imperative exkuzez, conditional exkuzus)

1. (intransitive, reflexive) to apologize, make excuses, beg pardon (oneself about something)

   Exkuzez me pri mea kulpo. Ka vu povas pardonar me?

   I apologize for my mistake. Can you forgive me?

   • 1914, Suplemento. Januaro 1914, page 3:

     E ni pregas li exkuzar ni, se ni nur pokope sucesos respondizar lia kordiala bondeziri.

     And we pray they excuses us, if only we will succeed little by little to respond to their warm wishes.

Conjugation

Conjugation of exkuzar

		present		past		future
infinitive		exkuzar		exkuzir		exkuzor
tense		exkuzas		exkuzis		exkuzos
conditional		exkuzus		—		—
imperative		exkuzez		—		—
adjective active participle		exkuzanta		exkuzinta		exkuzonta
adverbial active participle		exkuzante		exkuzinte		exkuzonte
nominal active participle	singular	exkuzanto		exkuzinto		exkuzonto
	plural	exkuzanti		exkuzinti		exkuzonti

Derived terms

• exkuzo (“excuse”)
• exkuzebla (“excusable”)

See also

• pardonar (“to forgive, condone, overlook, pardon”)