pretexto-pretext: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is pretext?

  • m. Motivo que se alega como excusa para hacer o no haber hecho algo: espero que te inventes un buen pretexto para faltar a su boda.
    m. Reason that is alleged as an excuse to do or not to have done something: I hope you invent a good excuse to miss your wedding.
  • tr. Usar como pretexto o valerse de uno: pretextó que había estado enfermo.
    Tr. Use as a pretext or use one: he pretexted that he had been sick.