forget it

English

Verb

forget it (only in imperative)

1. It doesn't matter.

   "What were you saying?" "Oh, it was nothing important – forget it."

2. Used a conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.

   "Thank you so much! How can I repay you for your kindness?" "Forget it; it was nothing."

3. I don't want to continue with this conversation (usually used in frustration or anger).

   It's raining. I said, "It's raining." Do you hear me? It's raining! Oh, forget it!

Translations

It doesn't matter

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 算了 (zh) (suàn le)

• Finnish: unohda (fi)
• French: laissez tomber
• Galician: esquéceo
• Georgian: დაიკიდე (daiḳide)
• German: Schwamm drüber (de), schon gut, macht nichts (de)
• Hungarian: mindegy (hu), nem érdekes (hu), semmi lényeges
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ci mancherebbe altro
• Japanese: もういいです (mō ii desu)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Ojibwe: wanendaan
• Polish: nieważne
• Portuguese: deixe para lá
• Russian: нева́жно (ru) (nevážno), не обраща́й внима́ния (ne obraščáj vnimánija), (colloquial) прое́хали (ru) (projéxali)
• Spanish: olvídalo
• Turkish: onu unut, boşver

reply to an expression of gratitude

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沒事／没事 (zh) (méishì), 没事 (zh) (méishì)

• Finnish: eipä kestä (fi)
• French: de rien (fr)
• Georgian: დაიკიდე (daiḳide)
• German: keine Ursache (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: nem tesz semmit, semmiség (hu), szóra sem érdemes (hu), nincs mit (hu)
• Japanese: いいえ (ja) (iie), いや (ja) (iya)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: não se preocupe
• Russian: (casual) да ла́дно (ru) (da ládno), не́ за что (ru) (né za što), пожа́луйста (ru) (požálujsta)
• Spanish: ¡tranquilo (es) m

I don't want to continue with this conversation

• Dutch: bekijk het
• Finnish: unohda (fi)
• Georgian: დაიკიდე (daiḳide)
• Hungarian: hagyjuk, nem érdekes (hu), mindegy (hu)
• Persian: بگذریم (begzarim)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: nieważne
• Portuguese: deixe quieto
• Russian: (casual) да ну́ тебя́ (da nú tebjá), (colloquial) прое́хали (ru) (projéxali)
• Spanish: olvídalo