Exceptuando (en. Excepting)
/ek-sep-tu-án-do/
Meaning & Definition
EnglishSpanish
verb
Act of excluding something or someone from a set or group.
Excepting mistakes, the report was excellent.
Exceptuando los errores, el informe fue excelente.
Indicates that everything mentioned is included except for what is specified.
Excepting this matter, everything is under control.
Exceptuando este asunto, todo está bajo control.
Used to emphasize a single exception to a general rule.
Excepting Ana, everyone else attended the meeting.
Exceptuando a Ana, todos los demás asistieron a la reunión.
Etymology
From Latin 'exceptiundus', which comes from 'excipere', meaning 'to exclude'.
Common Phrases and Expressions
excepting
excluding a person or thing from a group.
exceptuando a
excepting everything
it means that everything is included except for certain things.
exceptuando todo
everything except
it indicates that almost everything is included except for something specific.
todo excepto
Related Words
exclude
To leave something or someone out.
excluir
except
Excepted, which is out of the scope of a statement.
salvo
merely
Only, exclusively; in the context of excluding something.
meramente
Slang Meanings
Edu Carvalho
Excepting Edu Carvalho, no one understood it.
Exceptuando Edu Carvalho, nadie lo entendió.
By exception
Only, excepting by exception, everyone agrees.
Solo, exceptuando por excepción, todos están de acuerdo.