I'm sorry

English

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I'm sorry

Indicates that the speaker is sorry
(with an upward inflection) Indicates that the speaker is confused or requests information to be repated; come again?, say again?, I beg your pardon?; see also Thesaurus:say again

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)
Cornish: drog yw genev, drog ew genam
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)
Latvian: piedodiet
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