English-Spanish translations for except

• excepto
  Están vinculados todos los empleados excepto los marineros. All employees are covered, except for seamen.
  Decimos que sí, excepto a las enmiendas 41 y 48. We say yes, except for Amendments 41 and 48.
  Esto es válido para todos los grupos de edad, excepto para el comprendido entre los 16 y 18 años. This applies to all age groups, except for the 16 to 18 group.
• exceptuando
  Resumiendo, el Grupo del PPE va a apoyar todas las enmiendas exceptuando la nº 6. To summarize, the EPP will support all the amendments except for Amendment No 6.
  Creo que la interrupción de las sanciones, exceptuando los temas militares, es algo que contribuirá a solucionar la cuestión de Iraq. I think that lifting sanctions, with the exception of military sanctions, would help us to deal with the problem of Iraq.
• exceptuar
  A nuestro juicio, las máquinas que esas enmiendas pretenden exceptuar producen mucha contaminación medioambiental y tienen grandes repercusiones en la salud de los que las utilizan. We believe that the machines for which the proposals seek to make exceptions are a group of extremely dirty machines which have a major impact on the health of users.
  En el caso de la Comisión quiero exceptuar a la Sra. Gradin, que personalmente defiende una opinión muy diferente. In the case of the Commission, though, I will make an exception for Commissioner Gradin, who personally takes a very different view and deals very aggressively with Parliament.
  Señora Comisaria, lo subrayo expresamente: si se critica a la totalidad de la Comisión hay que exceptuar expresamente a las Comisarias y Comisarios de espíritu democrático. I particularly emphasize that, Commissioner: if I am going to tear a strip off the Commission as a whole, I must make a specific exception for the democratically inclined Commissioners.
• menos
  Muchos de nosotros habríamos deseado derechos más amplios y menos excepciones. Many of us would have liked wider rights and fewer exceptions.
  El capítulo 4 es adecuado, menos 10 db: formidable. Chapter 4 is sound, except for 10 db, which is excellent.
  También me satisface mucho que nos insten a hacer más, y no menos, con algunas excepciones. I am also very glad that you urge us to do more, not less, with some exceptions.
• salvo
  Salvo usted; usted es la excepción. Not you - you are an exception.
  Salvo una, todas fueron rechazadas. They were all rejected except for one.
  Ahora no lo pueden hacer, salvo en contadas ocasiones. At present they cannot do so, except in a very few cases.
• salvo que
  Tenemos que invertir, salvo que, a escala nacional, resulta que ya no es posible. We need to invest, except that, at national level, this is no longer possible.

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

Related words

• exception
• exceptional
• excepting
• exceptionally
• unexceptional
• exceptionalism
• exceptionality
• unexceptionable
• exceptionless