pardon me

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66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَفْوًا (ʕafwan) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese Cantonese: 對不起 /对不起 (deoi3 bat1 hei2) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese Cantonese: 對唔住 /对唔住 (deoi3 m4 zyu6) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese Cantonese: 唔好意思 (m4 hou2 ji3 si1) — sorry, as an apology
• Hakka Chinese: 敗勢 /败势 (phài-se) — sorry, as an apology
• Hakka Chinese: 斯里麻生 (sṳ̀-li-ma-sén) — sorry, as an apology
• Hakka Chinese: 對唔住 /对唔住 (dui4 m2 cu4) — sorry, as an apology
• Hakka Chinese: 失禮 /失礼 (sṳt-lî) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese: 歹勢 /歹势 (zh-min-nan) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese: 毋好勢 /毋好势 (zh-min-nan) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese: 對不住 /对不住 (zh-min-nan) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese: 對不起 /对不起 (zh-min-nan) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese: 失禮 /失礼 (zh-min-nan) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese Mandarin: 對不起 /对不起 (duìbùqǐ) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese Mandarin: 抱歉 (bàoqiàn) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese Mandarin: 不好意思 (bù hǎoyìsi) — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese Mandarin: 對不住 /对不住 (duìbùzhù) — sorry, as an apology
• Wu Chinese: 對勿起 /对勿起 — sorry, as an apology
• Wu Chinese: 勿好意思 (8veq-hau-i-sy) — sorry, as an apology
• Dutch: pardon — sorry, as an apology
• Finnish: suokaa anteeksi — sorry, as an apology
• French: excusez-moi — sorry, as an apology
• Galician: perdoe — sorry, as an apology
• German: Entschuldigung — sorry, as an apology
• Greek: συγγνώμη (syngnómi) — sorry, as an apology
• Hebrew: סְלִיחָה (sliḥá) — sorry, as an apology
• Hebrew: סְלָח לִי (slaḥ li) — sorry, as an apology
• Hebrew: סִלְחִי לִי (silḥí li) — sorry, as an apology
• Hebrew: סִלְחוּ לִי (silḥú li) — sorry, as an apology
• Hungarian: bocsánat — sorry, as an apology
• Hungarian: pardon — sorry, as an apology
• Hungarian: elnézést — sorry, as an apology
• Italian: scusami — sorry, as an apology
• Japanese: 御免なさい (gomen nasai) — sorry, as an apology
• Kapampangan: panupaya — sorry, as an apology
• Kapampangan: po? — sorry, as an apology
• Kapampangan: ne? — sorry, as an apology
• Korean: 용서하십시요 (yongseohasipsiyo) — sorry, as an apology
• Latin: ignosce mihi — sorry, as an apology
• Latin: ignoscite mihi — sorry, as an apology
• Macedonian: извинете (izvinete) — sorry, as an apology
• Macedonian: простете (prostete) — sorry, as an apology
• Macedonian: извини (izvini) — sorry, as an apology
• Norwegian: unnskyld meg — sorry, as an apology
• Norwegian: om forlatelse — sorry, as an apology
• Polish: pardon — sorry, as an apology
• Portuguese: perdão — sorry, as an apology
• Portuguese: desculpe-me — sorry, as an apology
• Portuguese: me desculpa — sorry, as an apology
• Portuguese: desculpas — sorry, as an apology
• Portuguese: desculpa — sorry, as an apology
• Russian: прости́те (prostíte) — sorry, as an apology
• Lower Sorbian: wódaj — sorry, as an apology
• Lower Sorbian: wódajśo — sorry, as an apology
• Spanish: imperative disculparme / perdonarme — sorry, as an apology
• Swedish: ursäkta mig — sorry, as an apology
• Chinese Mandarin: 恕我直言 (shù wǒ zhíyán) — polite expression used to soften a contradiction
• Chinese Mandarin: 容我冒昧 (róng wǒ màomèi) — polite expression used to soften a contradiction
• Finnish: valitettavasti — polite expression used to soften a contradiction
• Finnish: anteeksi vaan — polite expression used to soften a contradiction
• Chinese Mandarin: 請再說一遍 /请再说一遍 (qǐng zài shuō yī biàn) — polite expression to get someone to repeat
• Finnish: anteeksi — polite expression to get someone to repeat
• German: wie bitte? — polite expression to get someone to repeat
• Greek: ορίστε — polite expression to get someone to repeat
• Hungarian: tessék? — polite expression to get someone to repeat
• Polish: pardon — polite expression to get someone to repeat