I'm afraid not

English

English phrasebook

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Alternative forms

• I am afraid not; 'fraid not (informal)

Pronunciation

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Phrase

I'm afraid not

1. Unfortunately, no; I regret that that is not so.

   Do you have any beer? No, I'm afraid not.

Antonyms

• I'm afraid so

Translations

unfortunately, no

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恐怕不是 (kǒngpà bùshì), 恐怕沒有 / 恐怕没有 (kǒngpà méiyǒu), 恐怕不行 (kǒngpà bùxíng)

• Dutch: ik ben bang van niet
• Finnish: valitettavasti ei
• French: malheureusement pas
• German: leider nicht
• Hungarian: (not possible etc.) attól tartok, nem, sajnos nem; (not available) attól tartok, nincs, sajnos nincs
• Icelandic: ég er hræddur um ekki
• Indonesian: Aku rasa tidak
• Korean: 아쉽게도 아닙니다 (aswipgedo animnida)
• Macedonian: нажалост (nažalost)
• Polish: obawiam się, że nie, niestety, nie
• Russian: к сожале́нию (ru) (k sožaléniju), бою́сь, что не́т (ru) (bojúsʹ, što nét), вря́д ли (ru) (vrjád li)
• Spanish: me temo que no
• Swedish: tyvärr inte
• Turkish: korkarım hayır