"too bad" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-too bad.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Shortening of "That is too bad" or "It is too bad that..." Head templates: {{en-head|phr}} too bad
  1. (idiomatic) That's a pity. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: pity, shame, that's a pity, that's a shame, that's too bad, what a pity, what a shame Translations (that's a pity): жа́лко (žálko) (Bulgarian), llàstima (Catalan), 太可惜了 (tài kěxī le) (Chinese Mandarin), 真遺憾 /真遗憾 (zhēn yíhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), škoda! (Czech), wat jammer (Dutch), jammer (Dutch), ikävää (Finnish), harmillista (Finnish), tant pis (French), dommage (French), quel dommage (French), que mágoa (Galician), moito mal (Galician), schade (German), κρίμα (kríma) (Greek), חֲבָל (ẖavál) (Hebrew), kár (Hungarian), is mór an trua (Irish), peccato [masculine] (Italian), 残念です (zan'nendesu) (Japanese), schaad [German-Low-German] (Low German), штета (šteta) (Macedonian), kasihannya! (Malay), schod (Plautdietsch), jaka szkoda (Polish), que pena (Portuguese), păcat (Romanian), как жа́лко (kak žálko) (Russian), жаль (žalʹ) (Russian), штета [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), šteta [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), que lástima (Spanish), ni modo [Mexico, familiar] (Spanish), qué mal (Spanish), น่าเสียดาย (nâa-sǐia-daai) (Thai), น่าสงสาร (nâa-sǒng-sǎan) (Thai), yazık (Turkish), шкода (škoda) (Ukrainian), жаль (žalʹ) (Ukrainian), đáng tiếc (Vietnamese), hen dro (Welsh), bechod (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-too_bad-en-phrase-BYEMXL3M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German Low German translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Low German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 1 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 3 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 1 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 1 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 71 4 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 73 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 73 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 69 4 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 73 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 69 3 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 73 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German Low German translations: 59 11 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 73 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 56 4 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 73 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 56 4 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 78 4 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 77 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 77 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Low German translations: 60 11 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 73 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 73 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 66 4 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 92 1 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 65 7 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 69 4 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 67 4 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 77 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 73 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 2 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 76 4 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 74 3 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 73 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 73 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 67 4 28 Disambiguation of "that's a pity": 99 0 1
  2. (idiomatic) It is sad that. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: alas Translations (it is sad that): 太可惜了 (tài kěxī le) (Chinese Mandarin), 真遺憾 /真遗憾 (zhēn yíhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), harmi (Finnish), sepä harmi (Finnish), dommage que (French), que mágoa (Galician), moito mal (Galician), szkoda że (Polish), que pena que (Portuguese), к сожале́нию (k sožaléniju) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-too_bad-en-phrase-kP~2WDWS Disambiguation of 'it is sad that': 0 100 0
  3. (idiomatic, sarcastic) A mocking expression of uncaring or schadenfreude as an answer to someone when upset. Tags: idiomatic, sarcastic Translations (mocking expression): 活該 /活该 (huógāi) (Chinese Mandarin), sepä harmi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-too_bad-en-phrase-hjuUPYRR Disambiguation of 'mocking expression': 4 1 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: too bad, so sad Related terms: it is what it is, such is life
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      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "đáng tiếc"
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      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "hen dro"
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      "sense": "it is sad that",
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      "word": "sepä harmi"
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      "sense": "it is sad that",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "huógāi",
      "sense": "mocking expression",
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