Polyglot Dictionary

excepción

/eksepˈsjon/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
excepciones

Meaning

  1. exception

    • Hay una excepción.

      There is an exception.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

salvedad

salvedad implies a specific caveat or qualification made when stating something, "with the proviso that..."; excepción is the general word "exception."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

exceção

exceção is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "exception."

Practice

1 What does excepción mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hay una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches excepción?

noun

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