I'm sorry

English

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Phrase

I'm sorry

1. Indicates the speaker's apology.
2. Indicates the speaker's commiseration.
3. (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: 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: Entschuldigung (de), entschuldigen Sie, ich bitte um Verzeihung
• 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)

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, tut mir leid
• Polish: przykro mi (pl) (sorrow), żałuję (regret)
• Portuguese: sinto muito
• Russian: я сожале́ю (ru) (ja sožaléju)
• Serbo-Croatian: žao mi je

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• Arabic: أَنَا آسِف m (ʔanā ʔāsif), أَنَا آسِفَة f (ʔanā ʔāsifa), آسِف m (ʔāsif), آسِفَة f (ʔāsifa)
• Burmese: ဝမ်းနည်းပါတယ်။ (wam:nany:patai||), ဆောရီးနော်။ (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)
• Hungarian: (from the most casual to the most heartfelt) sajnálom (hu) (this may sound insincere), elnézést (hu), elnézést kérek, bocsánat (hu), bocsánatot kérek
• Irish: tá brón orm
• 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
• Swedish: ursäkta (sv), förlåt (sv), 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