How to Say Sorry in Other Languages

Afrikaans: jammer (yah-mer)

Albanian: më fal (muh fahl)

Amharic: ይቅርታ (yiq-ritah)

Arabic: آسف (aah-sef)

Armenian: կներես (k’ner-es)

Azerbaijani: bağışlayın (bah-uhsh-lah-yuhn)

Basque: barkatu (bahr-kah-too)

Belarusian: прабачце (prah-bahch-chye)

Bengali: দুঃখিত (doo-khi-toh)

Bosnian: izvini (iz-vee-nee)

Bulgarian: съжалявам (suh-zha-lya-vam)

Burmese: စိတ်မရှိပါဘူး (sate-muh-shee-bah-boo)

Catalan: perdó (pehr-doh)

Cebuano: pasayloa ko (pah-sigh-loh-ah ko)

Chinese (Mandarin): 对不起 (duì-bù-qǐ)

Croatian: oprosti (oh-prohs-tee)

Czech: promiň (proh-min)

Danish: undskyld (oon-skyld)

Dutch: sorry (sor-ree)

Esperanto: pardonu (par-doh-noo)

Estonian: vabandust (vah-ban-doost)

Finnish: anteeksi (ahn-tehk-see)

French: désolé (day-zoh-lay)

Galician: sinto (seen-toh)

Georgian: ბოდიში (boh-dee-shee)

German: Entschuldigung (ent-shool-dee-goong)

Greek: συγνώμη (seeg-no-mee)

Gujarati: માફ કરજો (maf kar-jo)

Haitian Creole: eskize m (es-kee-zeh m)

Hausa: gafara (gah-fah-rah)

Hebrew: סליחה (slee-khah)

Hindi: माफ़ कीजिये (maaf kee-jee-yeh)

Hungarian: sajnálom (shai-nah-lom)

Icelandic: fyrirgefðu (fye-reh-gyeff-thoo)

Igbo: ndo (n-doh)

Indonesian: maaf (mah-ahf)

Irish: tá brón orm (tah brohn ur-im)

Italian: scusa (skoo-zah)

Japanese: ごめんなさい (goh-men-nah-sai)

Javanese: nuwun sewu (nu-wun seh-woo)

Kannada: ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (ksham-isi)

Kazakh: кешіріңіз (keh-sheer-eeng-ez)

Khmer: សូមទោស (sohm toh)

Korean: 미안합니다 (mi-ahn-ham-ni-da)

Kurdish: bibore (bee-boh-ray)

Kyrgyz: кечирип кой (keh-chee-rip koy)

Lao: ຂໍອະໄພ (khor a-pai)

Latvian: piedod (pyeh-dohd)

Lithuanian: atsiprašau (ahts-ee-prah-shau)

Luxembourgish: entschëllegt (ent-shehl-lehgt)

Macedonian: извини (iz-vee-nee)

Malagasy: azafady (ah-zah-fah-dee)

Malay: maaf (mah-ahf)

Malayalam: ക്ഷമിക്കുക (kshah-mah-ki-lu-kah)

Maltese: skużani (skoo-zah-nee)

Maori: aroha mai (ah-roh-hah my)

Marathi: माफ करा (maaf kar-ah)

Mongolian: уучлаарай (ooch-lar-ai)

Nepali: माफ गर्नुस (maaf gar-noos)

Norwegian: unnskyld (oon-sheeld)

Odia: କ୍ଷମା କରନ୍ତୁ (ksha-ma ka-ron-tu)

Pashto: بښنه غواړم (bakh-nah ghwa-ram)

Persian: ببخشید (bebakh-sheed)

Polish: przepraszam (pshye-prah-sham)

Portuguese: desculpa (dehs-kool-pah)

Punjabi: ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰਨਾ (maaf kar-naa)

Romanian: scuze (skoo-zeh)

Russian: извини (iz-vee-nee)

Samoan: fa’amalie atu (fa-ah-mah-lee-ay ah-too)

Serbian: извини (iz-vee-nee)

Shona: ndineurombo (ndi-neh-oh-rom-boh)

Sinhala: මට සමාවෙන්න (ma-tah sa-mah-ven-nah)

Slovak: prepáč (preh-patch)

Slovenian: oprosti (oh-prohs-tee)

Somali: iga raali noqo (ee-gah rah-ah-lee noh-koh)

Spanish: lo siento (loh see-en-toh)

Sundanese: hampura (hahm-poo-rah)

Swahili: pole (poh-leh)

Swedish: förlåt (fur-loht)

Tagalog: paumanhin (pah-oh-man-hin)

Tajik: маъзур (mah-zur)

Tamil: மன்னிக்கவும் (man-nee-kah-vum)

Telugu: క్షమించండి (ksha-min-chun-dee)

Thai: ขอโทษ (khor thote)

Tigrinya: ይቕረታ (yiq-ritah)

Turkish: özür dilerim (oh-zur dee-leh-reem)

Turkmen: bagyşlaň (bah-gish-lahn)

Ukrainian: вибачте (vy-bach-teh)

Urdu: معاف کیجئے (maaf kee-jee-yeh)

Uzbek: kechirasiz (ke-chee-rah-siz)

Vietnamese: xin lỗi (sin loy)

Welsh: sori (soh-ree)

Wolof: baal ma (bah-al mah)

Xhosa: uxolo (oo-ksoh-loh)

Yiddish: אנטשולדיגט (ant-shool-digt)

Yoruba: ma binu (mah bee-noo)

Zulu: ngiyaxolisa (ng-ee-yah-koh-lee-sah)

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