ausente
/auˈsente/ · B2 · adj
absent
🚫 ausente = au- (away) + sente (sent): someone who was not sent here
Ausente comes from Latin absens, 'being away'. Link it to English 'absent' by the shared ab-/au- start. Think of the 'sent' in the middle as in 'present': ausente is the opposite of presente, so the person is not here.