excepto

/e(kˈ)θepto/, [e(kˈ)θep.t̪o]

except

Examples

Por favor quítate toda la ropa excepto las bragas y el sujetador.

Please take off all your clothes except your underpants and bra.

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Todos sintieron el temblor, excepto yo.

Everybody felt the earthquake, except me.

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Dios es el creador. El Cielo y la Tierra y la gente y todo excepto Dios ha sido creado.

God is the creator. Heaven and Earth and people and everything apart from God are created.

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Puedo resistirlo todo, excepto la tentación.

I can resist everything except temptation.

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Tom siempre se pone una corbata para el trabajo, excepto los viernes.

Tom always wears a tie to work, except on Fridays.

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Un poeta puede sobrevivir a todo excepto a una errata.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

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El humor, al igual que una rana, puede ser diseccionado, pero muere en el proceso, y su interior es desalentador para cualquiera excepto para la mente puramente científica.

Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.

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No había nadie ahí excepto yo.

There was no one there besides me.

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Ya se han ido todos a casa excepto Tom y Mary.

Everyone except Tom and Mary have already gone home.

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En realidad tenemos todo en común con los Estados unidos excepto, por supuesto, el lenguaje.

We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.

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Todos aquí son caníbales, excepto yo, yo solo estoy siendo devorado.

They are all cannibals here, except me, I'm just being eaten.

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Nadie excepto Tom conoce su dirección.

No one knows his address but Tom.

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Doy un paseo todos los días, excepto cuando llueve.

I take a walk every day except when it rains.

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Todos excepto Tom parecen asustados.

Everyone looks scared but Tom.

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Todos están ocupados excepto yo.

Everybody is busy except me.

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No busques mi ayuda excepto en caso de emergencia.

Don't look to me for any help except in case of emergency.

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Los niños lo tienen todo, excepto lo que les quitamos.

Children have everything, except what we take away from them.

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El "sistema por parejas" es una forma de mantenerse a salvo mientras se hace senderismo por el bosque, excepto cuando tienes un encontronazo con osas preñadas, que se comen a dos o incluso tres o cuatro.

The "buddy system" is a way to stay safe while hiking in the woods, except when encountering pregnant bears, which eat for two or even three or four.

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Todo el mundo cantaba, excepto yo.

Everybody was singing except me.

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Mi gata me ignora excepto cuando tiene hambre.

My cat ignores me, except when she's hungry.

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