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excepción

exception

noun eks-sep-SYOHN Less Common
Grammar & Structure

Usage Note

Excepción appears frequently in the fixed phrases a excepción de ('except for') and con excepción de ('with the exception of'). The idiom la excepción que confirma la regla ('the exception that proves the rule') is widely used and makes a good example of the word in context.

Examples

"Todos vinieron, a excepción de Pedro."

Natural Translation

Everyone came, except for Pedro.

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