I'm afraid so

English

Phrase

I'm afraid so

1. Unfortunately, yes; I regret that that is so.

   Antonym: I'm afraid not

   Do we really have to do every one by hand? Yes, I'm afraid so.

Alternative forms

• I am afraid so
• 'fraid so (informal)

Translations

unfortunately, yes

• Afrikaans: Ongelukkig ja.
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恐怕是的 (kǒngpà shìde), 恐怕有 (kǒngpà yǒu)

• Dutch: ik ben bang van wel
• Finnish: niin kai, luulen niin, pelkäänpä pahoin (often with "että"; "pelkäänpä pahoin, että ...")
• German: leider schon
• Hungarian: attól tartok, attól tartok, igen
• Icelandic: ég er hræddur um það
• Norwegian: jeg er redd for det
• Polish: obawiam się, że tak, niestety, tak
• Portuguese: receio que sim, infelizmente, sim
• Russian: к сожале́нию (ru) (k sožaléniju), бою́сь, что да́ (bojúsʹ, što dá)
• Spanish: eso me temo, me temo que sí
• Swedish: jag är rädd för det
• Turkish: korkarım ki öyle