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I'm sorry
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English
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Alternative forms
en I am sorry
en I'm sozzy slang rare
en m'sorry informal
sorry#Interjection
Pronunciation
en En-uk-I'm sorry.ogg UK
Phrase
phr I'm sorry
Indicates the speaker's apology.
Indicates the speaker's commiseration.
en with a rising intonation Indicates that the speaker is confused or requests information to be repeated; come again?, say again?, I beg your pardon?
en Thesaurus:say again
Translations
I'm sorry, I apologize
Albanian: sq më falni formal
Arabic: ar أَنَا آسِف m, ar أَنَا آسِفَة f, ar آسِف m, ar آسِفَة f, ar اِعْذِرْنِي, ar عُذْرًا
Egyptian Arabic: arz أَنا آسف m ʔana ʔāsif, arz أَنا آسفة f ʔana ʔāsifa
Armenian: hy ներեցեք
Azerbaijani: az bağışlayın
Belarusian: be выбача́йце formal
Bulgarian: bg извине́те formal
Burmese: my ဝမ်းနည်းပါတယ်။, my ဆောရီးနော်။
Catalan: ca em sap greu
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 對唔住
Hokkien: nan-hbl 歹勢 phái-sè, nan-hbl 對不住 tuì-put-chū, nan-hbl 失禮 sit-lé
Mandarin: cmn 對不起
Czech: cs promiňte formal
Danish: da undskyld
Dutch: nl het spijt me, nl ik bied mijn excuses aan
Esperanto: eo pardonpeti mi pardonpetas, eo pardoni pardonu min
Estonian: et vabandust
Finnish: fi anteeksi, fi olen pahoillani
French: fr désolé je suis désolé m, fr désolé je suis désolée f, fr pardon, fr excuser je m'excuse
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy it spyt my
Galician: gl desculpe, gl descúlpeme
Georgian: ka უკაცრავად
German: de es tut mir leid, de ich bitte um Verzeihung
Alemannic German: gsw es tuet mer Leid
Greek: el συγγνώμη
Hebrew: he הצטער mitsta'ér מִצְטַעֵר
Hindi: hi मुझे माफ़ कीजिए formal, hi मुझे माफ़ करो informal
Hungarian: hu sajnálom, hu elnézést kérek, hu bocsánatot kérek
Icelandic: is mér þykir fyrir því
Indonesian: id saya minta maaf, id maaf
Irish: ga tá brón orm
Italian: it mi dispiace, it scusi
Japanese: ja 御免なさい ごめんなさい, gomennasai, ja 申し訳ありません もうしわけありません, mōshiwake arimasen, ja すみません sumimasen, ja すまん suman informal
Kazakh: kk кешіріңіз formal
Khmer: km សុំទោស
Korean: ko 미안하다 미안합니다, ko 죄송하다 죄송합니다, ko 미안하다 미안해요, ko 미안하다 미안해 informal
Kyrgyz: ky кечиресиз formal
Lao: lo ຂໍໂທດ, lo ຂໍອະໄພ
Macedonian: mk извинете formal
Malay: ms maafkan saya, ms maaf
Maltese: mt skużi, mt skużani
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn уучлаарай
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb unnskyld, nb beklager
Nǀuu: ngh
Pashto: ps بخښنه غواړم bəx̌ə́na ǧwāṛëm formal, ps وبښئ wabax̌áy, ps زه متاسف يم zə motaséf yëm
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira مُتَأَسِّفَم, fa-ira بِبَخْشید
Polish: pl przepraszam
Portuguese: pt perdão, pt desculpa, pt desculpe-me, pt me desculpe
Romanian: ro scuzați-mă formal
Russian: ru извинить извини́те formal, ru извинить извини́ informal, ru простить прости́те formal, ru простить прости́ informal
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: sh oprostite formal, Croatia, sh izvinite formal, Serbia, Bosnia, sh oprosti informal, Croatia, sh izvini informal, Serbia, Bosnia
Slovak: sk prepáčte formal
Slovene: sl oprostite formal
Spanish: es lo siento, es me disculpo
Swedish: sv förlåt
Tajik: tg мебахшед, tg бубахшед
Tatar: tt гафу итегез
Thai: th ขอโทษ
Turkish: tr üzgünüm, tr affedersiniz formal, tr özür dilerim
Turkmen: tk bagyşlaň
Ukrainian: uk перепро́шую, uk ви́бачте formal
Urdu: ur مُعاف کِیجِئے, ur مَعْذَرَت
Uyghur: ug كەچۈرۈڭ
Uzbek: uz kechirasiz formal
Vietnamese: vi xin lỗi
I'm sorry, I feel bad
Catalan: ca saber greu em sap greu
Danish: da jeg beklager formal
Dutch: nl het spijt me
Esperanto: eo mi bedaŭras
Finnish: fi anteeksi, fi olen pahoillani
French: fr je suis désolé m, fr je suis désolée f
German: de es tut mir leid
Hungarian: hu sajnálom
Icelandic: is það hryggir mig
Irish: ga ní maith liom é sin a chloisteáil
Polish: pl przykro mi sorrow, pl żałuję regret
Portuguese: pt sinto muito
Russian: ru сожалеть я сожале́ю
Serbo-Croatian: sh žao mi je
Spanish: es lo siento, es me siento mal
Can you repeat that? sorry
Arabic: ar أَنَا آسِف m, ar أَنَا آسِفَة f, ar آسِف m, ar آسِفَة f
Burmese: my ဝမ်းနည်းပါတယ်။, my ဆောရီးနော်။
Catalan: ca em sap greu, ca ho sento, ca perdó
Cebuano: ceb pasayloa ko, ceb pasayloa, ceb pasensya
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 對不起 duìbùqǐ
Cornish: kw drog yw genev, kw drog ew genam
Czech: cs promiň informal, cs promiňte formal, cs je mi to líto, cs to mě mrzí, cs omlouvám se
Galician: gl síntoo
Georgian: ka ბოდიში, ka მაპატიეთ, ka ვწუხვარ
German:
Silesian East Central German: gmw-ecg 's thutt mer leed, gmw-ecg is thutt mer leed Gebirgsschlesisch, gmw-ecg es thutt merr leed es thutt merr (harzlich) leed
Hindi: hi मुझे माफ़ करो informal, hi मुझे माफ़ कीजिए formal
Italian: it mi dispiace
Japanese: ja ごめんなさい gomennasai, ja すみません sumimasen, ja すまん suman informal
Khmer: km ខ្ញុំស្ដាយណាស់ kɲom sdaay nah I regret, km សុំទោស som tooh apology
Latin: la mē paenitet apology, la mē miseret commiseration
Latvian: lv piedodiet
Low German: nds nix för ungud, nds nihmen Se nix för ungud Paderbornisch; formal
Navajo: nv ádzaaígíí bąąh shíniʼ
Nootka: nuk łakšiʔats
Ojibwe: oj gaawiin go onjidaa
Persian: fa عذر میخوام 'ozr mi-xâm colloquial, fa ببخشید bebaxšid
Romani: rom jertisar man singular, rom jertisaren man plural
Romanian: ro îmi pare rău, ro scuză
Swedish: sv jag är ledsen, sv jag ber om ursäkt
Tagalog: tl patawad, tl pasensya na, tl paumanhin
Thai: th ขอโทษ
Vietnamese: vi xin lỗi
Volapük: vo pardolös
Welsh: cy mae'n ddrwg gen i, cy mae'n ddrwg gyda fi
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