- absent
- 1. 'æbsənt
adjective
(not present: Johnny was absent from school with a cold.) ausente
2. əb'sent verb(to keep (oneself) away: He absented himself from the meeting.) ausentarse- absence- absentee
- absenteeism
- absent-minded
- absentmindedly
- absent-mindedness
absent adj ausenteabsenttr[(adj) 'æbsənt; (vb) æb'sent]adjective1 ausente■ John's been absent a lot recently John ha faltado mucho a clase últimamente2 (expression) distraído,-atransitive verb to absent OS1 ausentarse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLabsent without leave ausente sin permisoabsent [æb'sɛnt] vtto absent oneself : ausentarseabsent ['æbsənt] adj: ausenteabsentadj.• abstraído, -a adj.• ausente adj.• distraído, -a adj.• perdido, -a adj.v.• ausentar v.
I 'æbsəntadjectivea) (not present) ausentethe teacher marked her absent — el profesor le puso falta or la anotó ausente
to be absent from something — faltar a algo
his sense of humor was conspicuously absent — su sentido del humor brilló por su ausencia
b) (vague) (before n) <look> distraído, ausente
II æb'sent, əb'sentreflexive verbto absent oneself (from something) — (frml) ausentarse (de algo) (frml)
1. ADJ['æbsǝnt]1) (=not present) [person, thing] ausente"to absent friends!" — (toast) "¡por los amigos ausentes!"
to be absent — faltar (from a)
to be absent from school — faltar al colegio
he has been absent from his desk for two weeks — lleva dos semanas sin aparecer por el despacho
absent without leave — (Mil) ausente sin permiso
to go absent without leave — ausentarse sin permiso
2) (=absent-minded) ausente, distraídoshe was absent, preoccupied — estaba ausente or distraída, preocupada
an absent stare — una mirada ausente or distraída
3) (=lacking)a spirit of compromise was noticeably absent from the meeting — en la reunión la voluntad de llegar a un acuerdo brilló por su ausencia
2.VT [æb'sent]to absent o.s. — ausentarse (from de)
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I ['æbsənt]adjectivea) (not present) ausentethe teacher marked her absent — el profesor le puso falta or la anotó ausente
to be absent from something — faltar a algo
his sense of humor was conspicuously absent — su sentido del humor brilló por su ausencia
b) (vague) (before n) <look> distraído, ausente
II [æb'sent, əb'sent]reflexive verbto absent oneself (from something) — (frml) ausentarse (de algo) (frml)
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.