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Definition 2024

(idiomatic) Sorry; said as an apology
Pardon me for stepping on your foot.
(idiomatic, Canada, US) Polite expression to get someone to repeat.
Pardon me, I didn't hear you.

sorry, as an apology

American Sign Language: BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross
Arabic: عَفْوًا ‎(ʿafwan)
Chinese: 对不起 (duì bù qì)
Dutch: pardon (nl)
Finnish: suokaa anteeksi
French: excusez-moi (fr)
German: Entschuldigung (de)
Greek: συγγνώμη (el) ‎(syngnómi)
Hebrew: סְלִיחָה (he) f ‎(sliḥá), סְלָח לִי ‎(slaḥ li) (to a male), סִלְחִי לִי ‎(silḥí li) (to a female), סִלְחוּ לִי ‎(silḥú li) (to a group)
Hungarian: bocsánat (hu)
Italian: scusami

Japanese: 御免なさい ‎(ごめんなさい, gomen nasai)
Korean: 용서하십시요 ‎(yongseohasipsiyo)
Macedonian: извинете ‎(izvínete), простете ‎(próstete), извини ‎(ízvini) (familiar, informal)
Norwegian: unnskyld meg, om forlatelse
Portuguese: perdão (pt), desculpe-me, me desculpa, desculpas (pt), desculpa (pt)
Russian: прости́те (ru) ‎(prostíte)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wódaj (singular familiar), wódajśo (plural; polite)
Spanish: discúlpeme
Swedish: ursäkta mig

polite expression to get someone to repeat