/awˈsente/
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Translation
absent
Word origin
From Latin absens, absentis, present participle of abesse ('to be away'), from ab ('away from') plus esse ('to be'). The same root gives English 'absent'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- absens, absentis
- English cognates
- absent
Grammar
Masc pluralausentes
Examples
alumnos .
Three pupils were absent today.
muchos .
His father has been absent for many years.
, .
He seemed absent, as if he were thinking about something else.
directora .
The director is absent this week.
¿ ?
Why have you been absent for so long?
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