English-Italian translations for except

  • a parte oltre
  • eccettoMi congratulo con tutti loro, eccetto uno. I would like to congratulate them all, with one exception. Non posso aggiungere granché, eccetto forse qualcosa in merito alla base giuridica. There is not much I can add, except perhaps on the legal bases. Il 17 per cento non la approva, eccetto in circostanze eccezionali. Seventeen percent did not approve, except under very special circumstances.
  • salvoSalvo uno, essi sono stati completamente respinti. They were all rejected except for one. Salvo rare eccezioni, i tassi di natalità sono bassi. With rare exceptions, birth rates are low. Vogliamo tutti la pace, salvo forse Milosevic. We all want peace, except perhaps Milosevic.
  • senza contare
  • tranneNoi respingiamo tutti gli emendamenti, tranne il nostro. We reject all the amendments, except our own. Tutti gli oratori tranne due hanno parlato a proposito della CIG. Everyone except two speakers spoke on the IGC. Tutte le parti sociali, tranne la CES, vogliono mantenere l’. All the social partners except the ETUC want to keep the opt-out.

Definition of except

  • To exclude; to specify as being an exception
  • To take exception, to object ('''to''or '''against'''
  • With the exception of; but
  • With the exception ; used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated
  • Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist

Examples

  • to except to a witness or his testimony
  • There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans
  • You look a bit like my sister, except she has longer hair. I never made fun of her except teasingly

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