no offense

no offense

English

Etymology

Ellipsis of I mean no offense or no offense meant.

Phrase

no offense

1. I intend no offense by these remarks.

Alternative forms

• no offence

Translations

no offense

Arabic: بِدُون مُؤَاخَذَة‎ (bidūn muʾāḵaḏa), لَا مُؤَاخْذَة‎ (lā muʾāḵḏa) Chinese: Mandarin: 不要見怪／不要见怪 (búyào jiànguài), 沒有冒犯你的意思／没有冒犯你的意思 (méiyǒu màofàn nǐ de yìsi) Czech: nic ve zlém Danish: ikke for noget, no offense Dutch: niet beledigend bedoeld Estonian: ärge solvuge Finnish: ei millään pahalla, en halua loukata ketään, ei pahalla French: sans vouloir vous vexer (formal), sans vouloir te vexer(informal), ne le prenez pas mal (formal), ne le prends pas mal (informal), Galician: sen ofensa German: nichts für ungut (de), nehmen Sie es mir nicht übel (formal), nimm es mir nicht übel (informal) Hungarian: ne vedd sértésnek Italian: senza offesa Japanese: 悪気はない (わるぎはない, warugi-wa nai) Luxembourgish: näischt fir ongutt Polish: bez urazy Portuguese: sem ofensa Romanian: nu mi-o luați în nume de rău Russian: не обижа́йтесь (ne obižájtesʹ) (formal), не обижа́йся (ne obižájsja) (informal), без оби́д (ru) (bez obíd) (casual) Spanish: sin ánimo de ofender Swedish: inget illa ment

See also

• (UK) I'm not being funny
• present company excepted, present company excluded

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Danish

Etymology

English no offense

Interjection

no offense

1. no offense