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EXCUSE ME

Modern Translation: EXCUSE ME

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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