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| Language | Translations for "EXCUSE ME"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | verskoon my (excuse). (various references) | |
Albanian | më falni (pardon me), më fal. (various references) | |
Arabic | إعذرنى. (various references) | |
Basque | barkatu (forgive). (various references) | |
Bavarian | oha, dschuings. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пардон, извинете (pardon me, sorry). (various references) | |
Catalan | perdoni'm. (various references) | |
Chinese | 勞駕 . (various references) | |
Czech | promiòte (beg your pardon, excuse, pardon me, sorry), pardon (pardon me, sorry). (various references) | |
Danish | undskyld mig, om forladelse. (various references) | |
Dutch | sorry. (various references) | |
Esperanto | pardonu (pardon). (various references) | |
Estonian | vabandage (excuse). (various references) | |
Finnish | anteeksi (en kuullut, että vaivasin, I beg your pardon, pardon, sorry, sorry to have bothered you). (various references) | |
French | excusez-moi (I beg to be excused). (various references) | |
French Canadian | excusez-moi. (various references) | |
German | entschuldigung (excuse, sorry, apology). (various references) | |
Greek | συγγνώμη (pardon, sorry), με συγχωρείτε. (various references) | |
Hungarian | elnézést (forgiveness, forgiveness/pardon), bocsásson meg (pardon me), bocsánat (forgiveness, pardon). (various references) | |
Icelandic | fyrirgefðu, afsakið (Excuse). (various references) | |
Italian | scusatemi (excuse), permesso (permit). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 済みません (sorry), 御免なさい (I beg your pardon), 失礼 (discourtesy, Goodbye, impoliteness), ご免なさい (I beg your pardon), エキス剤 (COMBINE, eccentric, ecstasy, Ecuador, ecumenism, equitable, equity, equity finance, Excalibur, Excelan, excellent, exchange, exchange order, excursion, excursion fare, excursion ticket, executor, exercise, exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, exorcist, exotic, exoticism, exotisme, expedition, expense, expensive, expire, explorer, explosion, explosion shot, export, express, expression, expressway, extension, extent, exterior, external, extract, literature). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すみません (sorry), しつれい (discourtesy, Goodbye, impoliteness), ごめんなさい (I beg your pardon), エクスキューズミー . (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | entschëllegt, pardon. (various references) | |
Malagasy | azafady (excuse me / pardon me). (various references) | |
Norwegian | unnskyld (excuse). (various references) | |
Papiamen | èkskius. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | excuseay emay.(various references) | |
Polish | wybacz. (various references) | |
Portuguese | desculpe. (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | desculpe-me. (various references) | |
Quechua | desculpariway (please excuse me). (various references) | |
Romanian | scuzaþi-mã, pardon (I am sorry, I beg your pardon, pardon, sorry), iertaţi-mã (I beg your pardon), iartã-mã (pardon me), daţi-mi voie (allow me, I beg your pardon, pardon me). (various references) | |
Russian | извините (pardon me), извини. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | izvinite (pardon me). (various references) | |
Slovene | oprostite. (various references) | |
Sotho | tshwarelo (forgiveness). (various references) | |
Spanish | dispénseme, perdóneme (pardon me), pardone usted, discúlpeme (I beg your pardon). (various references) | |
Swahili | hebu. (various references) | |
Swedish | ursäkta (excuse), förlåt (excuse). (various references) | |
Tswana | maswabi (unfortunately). (various references) | |
Turkish | eşlerin müsade ile değiştirildiği bir dans, kusura bakmayın (forgive me, no offence, no offense), affedersiniz, affedersíníz, afedersiniz (I am sorry, I beg your pardon, pardon me, sorry), özür dilerim (I beg your pardon). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вибачте (sorry). (various references) | |
Zulu | nxephe, ngiyaxolisa. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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