excusa
Spanish, noun
excusa is spelled E-X-C-U-S-A (6 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,621st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Excusa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “excuse, cop-out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of excusar. With an accent, excusá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of excusar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Motivo al que se recurre con el fin de eludir una responsabilidad. Evasiva”.
What does excusa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexcuse, cop-out
- 2
femininepretext
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of excusar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Motivo al que se recurre con el fin de eludir una responsabilidad. Evasiva. 2. Disculpa o justificación. 3. Motivo para justificar alguna acción.
noun: 1. Variante de escusa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of excusa
- excusas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to excusa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excusa in Spanish?
excusa appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).