What does justificar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word justificar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use justificar in Spanish.

The word justificar in Spanish means justify, prove, make excuses, justify, justify a paragraph, excuse an absence, justify an absence, make up an excuse for your absence. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word justificar

justify

verbo transitivo (disculpar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Justificó su ausencia con una nota del médico.
He justified his absence with a note from the doctor.

prove

verbo transitivo (demostrar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Hay que justificar los pagos realizados mediante documento firmado.
You have to prove the payments made with a signed document.

make excuses

verbo pronominal (disculparse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Se justificó con excusas que nadie creyó.
He made excuses that nobody believed.

justify

verbo transitivo (escrito: igualar líneas) (typing, printing)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
No puedes enviar un escrito sin justificar porque da una imagen descuidada.
You can't send a writing without justifying the lines because that gives it a sloppy appearance.

justify a paragraph

locución verbal (igualar renglones)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
María justificó el párrafo que había modificado y envió el documento.
Maria justified the paragraph she had made changes to and sent the document.

excuse an absence, justify an absence

(con justificante)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Julieta justificó su ausencia con un certificado y cobró el sueldo entero.
Juliet justified her absence with a certificate and got paid her salary in full.

make up an excuse for your absence

(con un pretexto)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Mario justificó su ausencia pero el jefe no le creyó.
Mario made up an excuse for his absence but the boss didn't believe him.

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