I'm sorry

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133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: më falni — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Arabic: أَنَا آسِف (ʔanā ʔāsif) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Arabic: أَنَا آسِفَة (ʔanā ʔāsifa) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Arabic: آسِف (ʔāsif) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Arabic: آسِفَة (ʔāsifa) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Arabic: اِعْذِرْنِي (iʕḏirnī) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Arabic: عُذْرًا (ʕuḏran) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Arabic: أَنا آسف (ʔana ʔāsif) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Arabic: أَنا آسفة (ʔana ʔāsifa) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Armenian: ներեցեք (nerecʻekʻ) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Azerbaijani: bağışlayın — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Belarusian: выбача́йце (vybačájcje) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Bulgarian: извине́те (izvinéte) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Burmese: ဝမ်းနည်းပါတယ်။ — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Burmese: ဆောရီးနော်။ — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Catalan: em sap greu — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Chinese Cantonese: 對唔住 /对唔住 (deoi3 m4 zyu6) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Chinese: 歹勢 /歹势 (zh-min-nan) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Chinese: 對不住 /对不住 (zh-min-nan) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Chinese: 失禮 /失礼 (zh-min-nan) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Chinese Mandarin: 對不起 /对不起 (duìbùqǐ) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Czech: promiňte — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Danish: undskyld — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Dutch: het spijt me — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Dutch: ik bied mijn excuses aan — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Esperanto: mi pardonpetas — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Esperanto: pardonu min — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Estonian: vabandust — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Finnish: anteeksi — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Finnish: olen pahoillani — I'm sorry, I apologize
• French: je suis désolé — I'm sorry, I apologize
• French: je suis désolée — I'm sorry, I apologize
• French: pardon — I'm sorry, I apologize
• French: je m'excuse — I'm sorry, I apologize
• West-Frisian: it spyt my — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Galician: desculpe — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Galician: descúlpeme — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Georgian: უკაცრავად (uḳacravad) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• German: es tut mir Leid — I'm sorry, I apologize
• German: ich bitte um Verzeihung — I'm sorry, I apologize
• German: es tuet mer Leid — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Greek: συγγνώμη (syngnómi) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Hebrew: מִצְטַעֵר (mitsta'ér) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Hindi: मुझे माफ़ कीजिए (mujhe māf kījie) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Hindi: मुझे माफ़ करो (mujhe māf karo) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Hungarian: sajnálom — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Hungarian: elnézést kérek — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Hungarian: bocsánatot kérek — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Icelandic: mér þykir fyrir því — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Indonesian: saya minta maaf — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Indonesian: maaf — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Irish: tá brón orm — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Italian: mi dispiace — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Italian: scusi — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Japanese: 御免なさい (gomennasai) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Japanese: 申し訳ありません (mōshiwake arimasen) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Japanese: すみません (sumimasen) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Japanese: すまん (suman) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Kazakh: кешіріңіз (keşırıñız) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Khmer: សុំទោស (som tooh) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Korean: 미안합니다 (mianhamnida) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Korean: 죄송합니다 (joesonghamnida) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Korean: 미안해요 (mianhaeyo) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Korean: 미안해 (mianhae) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Kyrgyz: кечиресиз (keciresiz) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Lao: ຂໍໂທດ (khǭ thōt) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Lao: ຂໍອະໄພ (khǭ ʼa phai) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Macedonian: извинете (izvinete) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Malay: maafkan saya — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Malay: maaf — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Maltese: skużi — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Maltese: skużani — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Mongolian: уучлаарай (uučlaaraj) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Norwegian Bokmål: unnskyld — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Norwegian Bokmål: beklager — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Pashto: بخښنه غواړم (bəx̌ə́na ǧwāṛëm) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Pashto: وبښئ (wabax̌áy) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Pashto: زه متاسف يم (zə motaséf yëm) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Iranian Persian: مُتَأَسِّفَم (mota'assefam) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Iranian Persian: بِبَخْشید (bebaxšid) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Polish: przepraszam — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Portuguese: perdão — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Portuguese: desculpa — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Portuguese: desculpe-me — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Portuguese: me desculpe — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Romanian: scuzați-mă — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Russian: извини́те (izviníte) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Russian: извини́ (izviní) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Russian: прости́те (prostíte) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Russian: прости́ (prostí) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Serbo-Croatian: oprostite — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Serbo-Croatian: izvinite — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Serbo-Croatian: oprosti — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Serbo-Croatian: izvini — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Slovak: prepáčte — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Slovene: oprostite — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Spanish: lo siento — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Spanish: me disculpo — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Swedish: förlåt — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Tajik: мебахшед (mebaxšed) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Tajik: бубахшед (bubaxšed) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Tatar: гафу итегез (ğafu itegez) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Thai: ขอโทษ (kɔ̌ɔ-tôot) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Turkish: üzgünüm — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Turkish: affedersiniz — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Turkish: özür dilerim — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Turkmen: bagyşlaň — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Ukrainian: перепро́шую (perepróšuju) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Ukrainian: ви́бачте (výbačte) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Urdu: مُعاف کِیجِئے (mu'āf kījie) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Urdu: مَعْذَرَت (ma'zarat) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Uyghur: كەچۈرۈڭ (kechürüng) — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Uzbek: kechirasiz — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Vietnamese: xin lỗi — I'm sorry, I apologize
• Catalan: em sap greu — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Danish: jeg beklager — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Dutch: het spijt me — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Esperanto: mi bedaŭras — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Finnish: anteeksi — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Finnish: olen pahoillani — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• French: je suis désolé — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• French: je suis désolée — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• German: es tut mir leid — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Hungarian: sajnálom — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Icelandic: það hryggir mig — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Irish: ní maith liom é sin a chloisteáil — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Polish: przykro mi — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Polish: żałuję — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Portuguese: sinto muito — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Russian: я сожале́ю (ja sožaléju) — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Serbo-Croatian: žao mi je — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Spanish: lo siento — I'm sorry, I feel bad
• Spanish: me siento mal — I'm sorry, I feel bad