except

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪkˈsɛpt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪkˈsɛpt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ik sept′)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
except,
except for prep		(not including)excepto, salvo prep
  menos prep
  a excepción de, excepto por loc prep
 Everybody except you will be going on the trip.
 Everyone here's blonde except for Jane, who's brunette.
 Todos, excepto tú, se irán de viaje.
 Todos aquí son rubios menos Jane, que tiene el pelo castaño.
except,
except that prep		(were it not for the fact that)pero conj
 Liz would have come with us except that she had already accepted another invitation.
 Liz habría venido con nosotros, pero ya había aceptado otra invitación.
except for [sth] prep(but for)de no ser por, a no ser por loc prep
  si no fuese por, si no fuera por loc prep
 She would have been afraid to speak, except for his reassuring smile.
 Hubiese tenido miedo de hablar de no ser por la sonrisa tranquilizadora de él.
except [sth/sb]⇒ vtrusually passive (exclude)dispensar⇒ vtr
  exceptuar⇒ vtr
 Guide dogs are excepted from the "no dogs allowed" rule.
 Los perros guía están dispensados de la regulación de "no se admiten perros".
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
except if adv(unless)salvo que loc adv
 Minors are not admitted except if accompanied by an adult.
 No se admiten menores salvo que vayan acompañados de un adulto.
  a menos que loc conj
 A menos que vayan acompañados de un adulto, no se admiten menores.
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'except' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
all but - anything but - anything other than - apart from - bar - besides - but - but what - can but - cannot choose but - excepting - object ball - save - save that - short - unless - weekday - with the exception of
Spanish:
exclusive - menos - fuera - excepto - salvo - con la salvedad de - exceptuar - sino - con excepción de - de todo menos - salvo error - todo menos eso - a excepción de

Collocations: except them from [having to, paying], have been excepted from [control, inspection, criticism], excepted from [serving, doing, going, being], more...

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