"I'm afraid not" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} I'm afraid not
  1. Unfortunately, no; I regret that that is not so. Synonyms: I am afraid not, 'fraid not [informal] Translations (unfortunately, no): 恐怕不是 (kǒngpà bùshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 恐怕沒有 (Chinese Mandarin), 恐怕没有 (kǒngpà méiyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 恐怕不行 (kǒngpà bùxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), ik ben bang van niet (Dutch), valitettavasti ei (Finnish), malheureusement pas (French), leider nicht (German), attól tartok, nem (note: not possible etc.) (Hungarian), sajnos nem (Hungarian), attól tartok, nincs (note: not available) (Hungarian), sajnos nincs (Hungarian), ég er hræddur um ekki (Icelandic), Aku rasa tidak (Indonesian), 아쉽게도 아닙니다 (aswipgedo animnida) (Korean), нажалост (nažalost) (Macedonian), obawiam się, że nie (Polish), niestety, nie (Polish), к сожале́нию (k sožaléniju) (Russian), бою́сь (Russian), что не́т (bojúsʹ, što nét) (Russian), вря́д ли (vrjád li) (Russian), me temo que no (Spanish), tyvärr inte (Swedish), korkarım hayır (Turkish)

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          "word": "ég er hræddur um ekki"
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          "sense": "unfortunately, no",
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      "sense": "unfortunately, no",
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      "sense": "unfortunately, no",
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      "sense": "unfortunately, no",
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      "sense": "unfortunately, no",
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      "sense": "unfortunately, no",
      "word": "tyvärr inte"
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