exkuzar

Borrowed from English excuse, French excuser, Italian scusare, Spanish excusar, ultimately from Latin excūsāre, present active infinitive of excūsō.

• IPA^(key): /ekskuˈzar/

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)
   • 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.

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

   I apologize for my mistake. Can you forgive me?

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

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