except
/ɪkˈsept/Translation
prep
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⇨ excepto
All the boys came except John Vinieron todos los chicos excepto John
⇨ salvo
⇨ menos
except that
⇨ si no fuera porque
I would go on holiday, except I have to take care of my brother Me iría de vacaciones si no fuera porque tengo que cuidar de mi hermano
(Definition of except prep from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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