I'm sorry

English

English phrasebook

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Pronunciation

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Phrase

I 'm sorry

Indicates the speaker's apology.
Indicates the speaker's commiseration.
(with an upward inflection) Indicates that the speaker is confused or requests information to be repeated; come again?, say again?, I beg your pardon?; see also Thesaurus:say again

Translations

I'm sorry, I apologize

Chinese:
Hokkien: 歹勢 / 歹势 (zh-min-nan) (phái-sè), 對不住 / 对不住 (zh-min-nan) (tuì-put-chū), 失禮 / 失礼 (zh-min-nan) (sit-lé)
Danish: undskyld (da)
Dutch: het spijt me, ik bied mijn excuses aan
Esperanto: mi pardonpetas, pardonu min
Finnish: anteeksi (fi), olen pahoillani
French: je suis désolé (fr) m, je suis désolée (fr) f, pardon (fr), je m’excuse (fr)
Galician: desculpe, descúlpeme
German: es tut mir Leid, ich bitte um Verzeihung
Hungarian: sajnálom (hu), elnézést kérek, bocsánatot kérek
Icelandic: mér þykir fyrir því
Irish: tá brón orm
Korean: 미안합니다 (ko) (mianhamnida), 죄송합니다 (ko) (joesonghamnida), 미안해 (mianhae)
Polish: przepraszam (pl)
Portuguese: perdão (pt), desculpa (pt), desculpe-me, me desculpe
Russian: извини́те (ru) (izviníte) (formal), извини́ (ru) (izviní) (informal), прости́те (ru) (prostíte) (formal), прости́ (ru) (prostí) (informal)
Serbo-Croatian: oprostite (sh) (formal, Croatia), izvinite (sh) (formal, Serbia, Bosnia), oprosti (sh) (informal, Croatia), izvini (sh) (informal, Serbia, Bosnia)
Swedish: förlåt (sv)

I'm sorry, I feel bad

Catalan: em sap greu (ca)
Danish: jeg beklager (formal)
Dutch: het spijt me
Esperanto: mi bedaŭras
Finnish: anteeksi (fi), olen pahoillani
French: je suis désolé m, je suis désolée f
German: es tut mir leid
Hungarian: sajnálom (hu)
Icelandic: það hryggir mig
Irish: ní maith liom é sin chloisteáil
Polish: przykro mi (pl) (sorrow), żałuję (regret)
Portuguese: sinto muito
Russian: я сожале́ю (ru) (ja sožaléju)
Serbo-Croatian: žao mi je

Can you repeat that? — see sorry

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Arabic: أَنَا آسِف m (ʔanā ʔāsif), أَنَا آسِفَة f (ʔanā ʔāsifa), آسِف m (ʔāsif), آسِفَة f (ʔāsifa)
Burmese: ဝမ်းနည်း ပါ တယ်။ (wam:nany:patai||), ဆောရီး နော်။ (hcau:ri:nau||)
Catalan: em sap greu, ho sento, perdó (ca)
Cebuano: pasayloa ko, pasayloa, pasensya
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對不起 / 对不起 (zh) (duìbùqǐ)
Cornish: drog yw genev, drog ew genam
Czech: promiň (informal), promiňte (formal), je mi to líto, to mě mrzí, omlouvám se
Galician: síntoo
Georgian: ბოდიში (bodiši), მაპატიეთ (maṗaṭiet), ვწუხვარ (vc̣uxvar)
German:
Silesian: 's thutt mer leed, is thutt mer leed (Gebirgsschlesisch), es thutt merr (harzlich) leed
Hindi: मुझे माफ़ करो (mujhe māf karo) (informal), मुझे माफ़ कीजिए (mujhe māf kījie) (formal)
Italian: mi dispiace
Japanese: ごめんなさい (ja) (gomennasai), すみません (ja) (sumimasen), すまん (suman) (informal)
Khmer: ខ្ញុំស្ដាយណាស់ (kɲom sdaay nah) (I regret), សុំទោស (som tooh) (apology)
Latin: mē paenitet (apology), mē miseret (commiseration)
Latvian: piedodiet
Low German: nix för ungud, nihmen Se nix för ungud (Paderbornisch; formal)
Navajo: ádzaaígíí bąąh shíniʼ
Nootka: łakšiʔats
Ojibwe: gaawiin go onjidaa
Persian: عذر می‌خوام ('ozr mi-xâm) (colloquial), ببخشید (fa) (bebaxšid)
Romani: jertisar man (singular), jertisaren man (plural)
Romanian: îmi pare rău, scuză (ro)
Spanish: lo siento (es)
Swedish: jag är ledsen, jag ber om ursäkt
Tagalog: patawad, pasensya na, paumanhin (tl)
Thai: ขอโทษ (th) (kɔ̌ɔ-tôot)
Vietnamese: xin lỗi (vi)
Volapük: pardolös
Welsh: mae'n ddrwg gen i, mae'n ddrwg gyda fi