"I'm sorry" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-uk-I'm sorry.ogg
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  1. Indicates the speaker's apology.
    Sense id: en-I'm_sorry-en-phrase-Kx1pZ4cc Categories (other): English sentences Disambiguation of English sentences: 32 32 36
  2. Indicates the speaker's commiseration.
    Sense id: en-I'm_sorry-en-phrase-qnBelsRP Categories (other): English sentences Disambiguation of English sentences: 32 32 36
  3. (with an upward inflection) Indicates that the speaker is confused or requests information to be repeated; come again?, say again?, I beg your pardon?; see also Thesaurus:say again Translations (I'm sorry, I apologize): 歹勢 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 歹势 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 對不住 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 对不住 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 失禮 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 失礼 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), undskyld (Danish), het spijt me (Dutch), ik bied mijn excuses aan (Dutch), mi pardonpetas (Esperanto), pardonu min (Esperanto), anteeksi (Finnish), olen pahoillani (Finnish), je suis désolé [masculine] (French), je suis désolée [feminine] (French), pardon (French), je m’excuse (French), desculpe (Galician), descúlpeme (Galician), es tut mir Leid (German), ich bitte um Verzeihung (German), sajnálom (Hungarian), elnézést kérek (Hungarian), bocsánatot kérek (Hungarian), mér þykir fyrir því (Icelandic), tá brón orm (Irish), 미안합니다 (mianhamnida) (Korean), 죄송합니다 (joesonghamnida) (Korean), 미안해 (mianhae) (Korean), przepraszam (Polish), perdão (Portuguese), desculpa (Portuguese), desculpe-me (Portuguese), me desculpe (Portuguese), извини́те (izviníte) [formal] (Russian), извини́ (izviní) [informal] (Russian), прости́те (prostíte) [formal] (Russian), прости́ (prostí) [informal] (Russian), oprostite [Croatia, formal] (Serbo-Croatian), izvinite [Bosnia, Serbia, formal] (Serbo-Croatian), oprosti [Croatia, informal] (Serbo-Croatian), izvini [Bosnia, Serbia, informal] (Serbo-Croatian), förlåt (Swedish) Translations (I'm sorry, I feel bad): em sap greu (Catalan), jeg beklager [formal] (Danish), het spijt me (Dutch), mi bedaŭras (Esperanto), anteeksi (Finnish), olen pahoillani (Finnish), je suis désolé [masculine] (French), je suis désolée [feminine] (French), es tut mir leid (German), sajnálom (Hungarian), það hryggir mig (Icelandic), ní maith liom é sin chloisteáil (Irish), przykro mi (english: sorrow) (Polish), żałuję (english: regret) (Polish), sinto muito (Portuguese), я сожале́ю (ja sožaléju) (Russian), žao mi je (Serbo-Croatian)
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
          "word": "het spijt me"
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          "_dis1": "19 9 72",
          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
          "word": "mi bedaŭras"
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          "_dis1": "19 9 72",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
          "word": "anteeksi"
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          "_dis1": "19 9 72",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
          "word": "olen pahoillani"
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          "_dis1": "19 9 72",
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
          "word": "sajnálom"
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
          "word": "það hryggir mig"
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          "_dis1": "19 9 72",
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
          "word": "ní maith liom é sin chloisteáil"
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          "_dis1": "19 9 72",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
          "word": "przykro mi"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
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          "_dis1": "19 9 72",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
          "word": "sinto muito"
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
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          "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
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      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
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      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "失礼"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "undskyld"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "het spijt me"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "ik bied mijn excuses aan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "mi pardonpetas"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "pardonu min"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "anteeksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "olen pahoillani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "je suis désolé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "je suis désolée"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "pardon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "je m’excuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "desculpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "descúlpeme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "es tut mir Leid"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "ich bitte um Verzeihung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "sajnálom"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "elnézést kérek"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "bocsánatot kérek"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "mér þykir fyrir því"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "tá brón orm"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mianhamnida",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "미안합니다"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "joesonghamnida",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "죄송합니다"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mianhae",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "미안해"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "przepraszam"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "perdão"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "desculpa"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "desculpe-me"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "me desculpe"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izviníte",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "извини́те"
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      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
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        "informal"
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      "word": "извини́"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prostíte",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "прости́те"
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      "roman": "prostí",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
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      "word": "прости́"
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      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
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        "formal"
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      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
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        "Croatia",
        "informal"
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      "word": "oprosti"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "tags": [
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        "Serbia",
        "informal"
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      "word": "izvini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I apologize",
      "word": "förlåt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "em sap greu"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "jeg beklager"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "het spijt me"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "mi bedaŭras"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "anteeksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "olen pahoillani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "je suis désolé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "je suis désolée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "es tut mir leid"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "sajnálom"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "það hryggir mig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "ní maith liom é sin chloisteáil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "sorrow",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "przykro mi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "regret",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "żałuję"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "sinto muito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ja sožaléju",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "я сожале́ю"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "I'm sorry, I feel bad",
      "word": "žao mi je"
    }
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  "word": "I'm sorry"
}

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