except

except
ik'sept
1. preposition
(leaving out; not including: They're all here except him; Your essay was good except that it was too long.) excepto, salvo

2. verb
(to leave out or exclude.) excluir
- excepting
- exception
- exceptional
- exceptionally
- except for
- take exception to/at
except prep excepto / menos
the shop is open every day except Sunday la tienda está abierta cada día excepto los domingos
everybody wanted to go except Richard todos querían ir menos Richard
except
tr[ɪk'sept]
preposition
1 excepto, salvo, a excepción de, menos
■ everyone went to the pub except Jim todos se fueron al pub menos Jim
■ she knew all the answers except one sabía todas las respuestas excepto una
■ everything was fine except for the weather todo estuvo bien menos el tiempo
■ I remember very little about him, except that he was bald me acuerdo muy poco de él, salvo que era calvo
transitive verb
1 formal use excluir, exceptuar
except [ɪk'sɛpt] vt
: exceptuar, excluir
except conj
: pero, si no fuera por
except prep
: excepto, menos, salvo
everyone except Carlos: todos menos Carlos
except
adv.
• excepto adv.
conj.
• sino conj.
prep.
• excepto prep.
• menos prep.
v.
• exceptuar v.

I ɪk'sept
preposition
a) (apart from)

except (for) — menos, excepto, salvo

b)

except for — (if it weren't for) si no fuera por


II
conjunction

except that o (colloq) except — (if it weren't that) pero


III
transitive verb
a) (exclude) (frml)

to except somebody from something — eximir a alguien de algo (frml)

to except something from something — excluir* algo de algo

b) excepted past p (after n: as prep) excepto, con or a excepción de
[ɪk'sept]
1.
PREP

except (for) — excepto, salvo, menos

except that/if/when/where etc — salvo que/si/cuando/donde etc

there is nothing we can do except wait — no nos queda otra (cosa) que esperar

2.
VT excluir, exceptuar (from de)

present company excepted — con excepción de los presentes

* * *

I [ɪk'sept]
preposition
a) (apart from)

except (for) — menos, excepto, salvo

b)

except for — (if it weren't for) si no fuera por


II
conjunction

except that o (colloq) except — (if it weren't that) pero


III
transitive verb
a) (exclude) (frml)

to except somebody from something — eximir a alguien de algo (frml)

to except something from something — excluir* algo de algo

b) excepted past p (after n: as prep) excepto, con or a excepción de

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