I'm sorry

English

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Pronunciation

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Phrase

I'm sorry

1. Indicates that the speaker is sorry

Translations

I'm sorry

• Arabic: أَنَا آسِف‎‎ m (ʾanā ʾāsif), أَنَا آسِفَة‎‎ f (ʾanā ʾāsifa), آسِف‎‎ m (ʾāsif), آسِفَة‎‎ f (ʾāsifa)
• Burmese: ဝမ်းနည်းပါတယ်။ (wam:nany:patai||), ဆောရီးနော်။ (hcau:ri:nau||)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對不起 (zh), 对不起 (zh) (duìbùqǐ)

• Czech: promiň (informal), promiňte (formal), je mi to líto, to mě mrzí, omlouvám se
• Dutch: het spijt me (I regret), ik bied mijn excuses aan (apology)
• Finnish: olen pahoillani
• French: je suis désolé m, je suis désolée f, pardon (fr) (apology)
• Galician: síntoo
• Georgian: ბოდიში (bodiši), მაპატიეთ (maṗaṭiet), ვწუხვარ (vc̣uxvar)
• German: es tut mir leid (I regret), ich bitte um Verzeihung (apology)
• Hindi: मुझे माफ़ करो (mujhe māf karo) (informal), मुझे माफ़ कीजिए (mujhe māf kījie) (formal)
• Irish: tá brón orm
• Italian: mi dispiace
• Japanese: ごめんなさい (ja) (gomennasai), すみません (sumimasen), すまん (suman) (informal)
• Khmer: ខ្ញុំស្ដាយណាស់ (kɲom sdaay nah) (I regret), សុំទោស (som tooh) (apology)

• Korean: 미안합니다 (ko) (mianhamnida), 죄송합니다 (ko) (joesonghamnida)
• Navajo: ádzaaígíí bąąh shíniʼ
• Nootka: łakšiʔats
• Ojibwe: gaawiin go onjidaa
• Persian: عذر می‌خوام‎‎ ('ozr mi-xâm) (colloquial), ببخشید‎‎ (bebaxšid)
• Polish: przepraszam (pl)
• Portuguese: sinto muito, perdão (pt), desculpa (pt)
• Romanian: îmi pare rău, scuză (ro)
• Russian: извини́те (ru) (izviníte) (formal), извини́ (ru) (izviní) (informal), прости́те (ru) (prostíte) (formal), прости́ (ru) (prostí) (informal), я сожале́ю (ru) (ja sožaléju) (I regret)
• 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