desculpe

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Portuguese - English
sorry

I'm sorry, I can't stay long. - Me desculpe, eu não posso ficar por muito tempo.

I'm sorry. I take back my words. - Me desculpe. Eu retiro o que disse.

Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly

Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.

Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow

Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.

The act of saying sorry; an apology

So learn how to tailor your sorries to the sexes. Women tend to want an acknowledgment of what they're going through.

bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
better safe than sorry: see safe
disapproval You say that someone is feeling sorry for themselves when you disapprove of the fact that they keep thinking unhappily about their problems, rather than trying to be cheerful and positive. What he must not do is to sit around at home feeling sorry for himself
If you feel sorry for someone who is unhappy or in an unpleasant situation, you feel sympathy and sadness for them. I felt sorry for him and his colleagues -- it must have been so frustrating for them I am very sorry for the family
keenly sorry or regretful; "felt bad about letting the team down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly"; "felt bad about breaking the vase"
Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling
depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B A Williams
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful
{s} regretful, remorseful, distressed, apologetic; causing sorrow, causing grief; miserable, wretched; pitiful, contemptible
Poor, sad or regrettable
without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"
feelings You use the expression I'm sorry to say to express regret together with disappointment or disapproval. I've only done half of it, I'm sorry to say This, I am sorry to say, is almost entirely wishful thinking
formulae You say `Sorry?' when you have not heard something that someone has said and you want them to repeat it. = pardon, excuse me
You use sorry when you correct yourself and use different words to say what you have just said, especially when what you say the second time does not use the words you would normally choose to use. Barcelona will be hoping to bring the trophy back to Spain -- sorry, Catalonia -- for the first time