absent

ausente

Que no está donde se espera que esté, o que falta en un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: Not at the place where you are expected to be, or missing from somewhere.

• Two students are absent today.
• He was absent from work because he was ill.
• Why were you absent from the meeting?

Cómo se usa: be absent from somewhere (Maya was absent from class yesterday.)

Sinónimos: away, missing

Antónimos: present

Expresiones frecuentes: absent from school, absent from work, absent today, an absent student

ausente, inexistente

Que no existe o no se encuentra en absoluto en algo.

En inglés sencillo: Not existing or not found in something at all.

• Signs of infection were absent.
• The usual markings are absent in this species.
• Any sense of fairness was entirely absent from the policy.

Cómo se usa: be absent in/from something (This feature is absent in some species.)

Sinónimos: missing, nonexistent, lacking

Antónimos: present, existing

Expresiones frecuentes: completely absent, entirely absent, absent in something, noticeably absent

distraído, ensimismado

Que piensa en otra cosa y no presta atención a lo que ocurre a su alrededor.

En inglés sencillo: Thinking about something else and not paying attention to what is happening around you.

• She gave him an absent smile.
• His absent expression suggested that he hadn't heard me.
• During dinner, he seemed strangely absent.

Sinónimos: distracted, absent-minded, preoccupied

Antónimos: attentive, alert

Expresiones frecuentes: an absent look, an absent smile, an absent expression, seem absent

sin, en ausencia de

Indica que falta algo o que algo no sucede.

En inglés sencillo: Without something, or if something does not happen.

• Absent proof, we cannot act.
• Absent an agreement, the dispute will continue.
• The plan should succeed, absent any major problems.

Cómo se usa: absent + noun phrase (Absent any objections, the proposal will go ahead.)

Sinónimos: without, in the absence of

Expresiones frecuentes: absent any evidence, absent an agreement, absent further information, absent any objections

ausentarse

Decidir no acudir a un lugar o acto donde normalmente se estaría presente.

En inglés sencillo: To deliberately stay away from a place or event where you would normally be present.

• He chose to absent himself.
• Several members absented themselves from the vote.
• Why did you absent yourself from the proceedings?

Cómo se usa: absent oneself from something (She absented herself from the meeting.)

Sinónimos: stay away, withdraw

Antónimos: attend

Expresiones frecuentes: absent yourself, absent yourself from something