The Top English Grammar Tips From A–Z
Translation of sorry in Spanish:
sorry
See Spanish definition of perdón
adjective sorrier, sorriest
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1.1(grieved, sad)
to feel sorry for sbto be sorry for sbto be sorry about sb/sth- I'm very sorry about what happened
- I'm sorry about Clara having to have that operation
to be sorry to + inf- I'm sorry to hear you didn't get the job
- I wasn't sorry to see the back of him
- I'm sorry to have to tell you that …
to be sorry (that) — sentir que + subj- I'm sorry you can't come
I'm sorry — lo siento- oh, I amsorry; when did it happen? — ¡cuánto lo siento!; ¿cuándo ocurrió?
- I'm very sorry, but I can't help you — lo siento mucho / lo siento en el alma, pero no te puedo ayudar
- I feel so sorry for you/him — te/lo compadezco
- I felt / was so sorry for him when he got turned down — me dio mucha pena / lástima cuando lo rechazaron
- ‘I am sorry for Mrs McCabe and I'm sorry her husband was killed - we have no argument with her,’ Mr Adams added.
- They are sorry for the inconvenience to customers, but not that sorry.
- I'm sorry for being so damned insensitive in the first place, and I'm sorry about the whole Steve thing.
- And I'm really sorry for using you as a distraction and I'm sorry if I've hurt you.
- I could never be sorry for chasing Genevieve - I would be sorry only for hurting Julian.
- I was sorry for making him leave, I was sorry for not being able to save him, I was so sorry.
- I'm so sorry for calling so late, and I'm really terribly sorry about at school to day.
- The defendant was ashamed, sorry and had written the victim a letter of apology.
- Nasheen said: ‘He just stood there and said he felt really guilty and was so sorry.’
- I looked at him, sorry, upset, and afraid at the same time.
- Bob hangs his head and acts like he's sheepish and sorry, but he's entered into a world, within himself, from which he will not emerge.
- He pulled away some, and looked away, almost ashamed and sorry he had kissed me.
- He knew he was supposed to be feeling suitably contrite and sorry, but there was nothing.
- And then all at once she felt guilty for him, sorry that her timing had been wrong.
- Let your friends know you are genuinely sorry and that you understand why they're peeved.
- Ramadhar said he was sorry she failed to understand what he was trying to say, but asked her to note his concern.
- ‘Then say you're sorry,’ I requested, unfolding my arms, getting ready to go back in the house once he apologized.
- I've got to make Anna understand that I'm sorry!
- ‘I'm sorry, I'm sorry,’ he repeated, finally coming to a stop in front of her, catching his breath.
1.2(apologetic, repentant)
to be sorry for/about sth — arrepentirse de algo- you'll be sorry (for this)!
- aren't you the least bit sorry for what you've done?
- I'm really sorry about the dull meal
- I'm very/terribly/awfully sorry about last night
to be sorry (that)- I'm sorry I didn't make it to your party
- I'm only sorry I didn't leave sooner
to say sorry — pedir perdón- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you — perdóname / lo siento / disculpa, no fue mi intención ofenderte
- sorry to bother you, but … — perdone / disculpe que lo moleste, pero …
- We are very sorry that Mrs Collins has experienced distress, and we are still waiting to establish the facts.
- One juror identified as Roy said a lot of people want you to have sympathy for her and feel sorry.
- I am sorry to hear of your distress, but I assure you that this is not an uncommon problem.
- I'm sorry to hear of your distressing experience, but the driver did the right thing.
- Aille tried to look sorry but failed miserably.
- I'm so sorry that you're miserable, I would help, but my situation isn't much better.
- I knew I probably should have gone downstairs but in all honesty, I didn't feel like getting up and having people tell me how sorry they were and how their sympathies were with me.
- I am sorry that you and your family are experiencing such distress.
- ‘I was sorry to hear about her,’ he said sympathetically and I smiled in thanks.
- All he said was that he was sorry and he could not detect a heartbeat for the baby and that the baby was no longer alive.
- I am sure they tell you how sorry they are, murmur sweet words of sorrow, and urge you to stay because you should consider the ‘greater good of the church.’
- Won said he felt " enormous sorrow " and wanted to tell the families how sorry he was.
- ‘Anytime, I'm sorry this had to happen to you’ he said sympathetically.
- ‘I'm really sorry,’ he says sympathetically, putting a hand on my shoulder.
- I also wanted to hear him say to me how sorry he was.
- Well, I'm so sorry to hear that, because I think that that can happen.
- Dear Fred, I am sorry to hear that your music lounge has not been making much money lately, despite your attempts at introducing creative ideas.
- A council spokesman said: ‘We were very sorry to hear a child has been injured and the matter will be thoroughly investigated.’
- I'm sorry to hear about your economic situation.
- I am sorry to hear about your best friend.
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2.1(expressing apology)
perdónlo siento(awfully/so) sorry! — ¡perdone!- sorry, I didn't realize it was you — perdona / perdóname / disculpa / discúlpame, no me había dado cuenta de que eras tú
- I may post more later, if I can sort out my thoughts better (my brain is slush at the moment, sorry!)
- But if pre-Christians come expecting God - sorry!
- And I lost his answer, sorry!
- I haven't been able to read Trial by Fire lately, sorry!
- I'll be back each weekend, so should be able to update the story then, but don't really see a high possibility in updating more often than that… sorry!
- I think you might have to hold off on Mark for a while… sorry!
- You English-speaking lot are at a disadvantage here, sorry!
- I made this chapter a bit shorter than the others, sorry!
- Not sure what the last part means either - sorry!
- Sorry if it still doesn't make sense but it does to me, sorry!
- I type fast, and I don't bother to correct until the end… and I use spell check, so, sorry!
- Once again I haven't got enough time to do personal responses, sorry!
- For all those people who think I'm a complete idiot for not noticing, sorry!
- I don't know why Freya got sick, I never really thought that through, sorry!
- Bye the way, I might not have the next one up for a while because I'm going away for Easter, sorry!
- I'm going to stay with my grandparents tomorrow, so no updates over the weekend, sorry!
- Another reader (I lost his name, sorry!) has reduced retrophrenology to understandable terms.
- At the same time, the delivery of fresh water has been stepped up: 78,000 gallons of water and fuel - sorry, fuel has been delivered to hospitals.
- Excuse me, sorry, excuse me, sorry, pardon!
- Great, I was writing my post at the same time as Illmatic, sorry if I repeated anything.
- sorry, I didn't realize it was you — perdona / perdóname / disculpa / discúlpame, no me había dado cuenta de que eras tú
2.2British (asking speaker to repeat)
¿cómo (dice)?sorry? I didn't quite catch that — ¿cómo? no le he oído bien- So sorry, just to understand your question, if an ET1 is received, what would we like to be doing immediately?
2.3(expressing disagreement)
lo siento(I'm) sorry, but I disagree — lo siento pero no estoy de acuerdo
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(pitiful, miserable, regrettable)(tale) lamentable(tale) lastimosohe was a sorry sight — tenía un aspecto lamentable- the house was in a sorry state when we got back — la casa estaba en un estado lamentable cuando volvimos
- Add to these charges the negligence and incompetence shown throughout this sorry affair.
- Update: that was just me moaning because my bank account was in a sorry state.
- There then follows the sorry account, previously reported in these sports pages, of an Italian sausage and a brutal beating from a Pittsburgh Pirate.
- It is an account of the whole sorry saga of the privatisation/fragmentation of Britain's railway.
- Three thoughts occurred to me while I read this news account of the whole sorry mess.
- The entire, sorry saga of managerial incompetence stems from that single decision.
- I have had not only the benefit of a fuller account of the sorry forensic history than was put before him but also the luxury of far greater time for consideration than was available to him.
- An account of the sorry saga appeared in a Think Secret scoop last week.
- What's truly regrettable is the sorry fact that the North does not understand what has really caused this deadlock.
- He said: ‘It is a very sorry and messy business and there has been much misrepresentation.’
- One can but hope that the council will learn lessons from this whole sorry business.
- But today, after three weeks of sorry business, the mourning for his little brother will come to an end, and his spirit will go back to the possum dreaming in a hill near Yuendumu.
- The whole sorry business makes her think of this Canetti quote.
- Among the small businesses in sorry shape because of Jamaica's trade policy are the island's banana farms.
- Actually, the execs he hears from concur, and they're glad he had the nerve to condemn the sorry state of business leadership.
- You want to talk, you want to talk about sorry business?
- They surmise that we need new blood from outside the industry in order to add energy and vitality to the sorry state of the business.
- The only kink in his plan was that he far preferred to sermonize on what he saw as the sorry state of business leadership.
- Schools only play one role, however vital in this whole sorry business.
- Talking of the Queen, she's had to put a brave face on the whole sorry business, of course.
- A neglected garden is a sorry sight and a poor producer.
- Pity instead the poor public, those sorry souls into whose lives the media machine has pumped a decade's worth of pouting.
- You've proved that your a bunch of sorry pitiful bastards.
- The officer - now but a poor, sorry soul mourning for Christmas - could scarcely contain his unhappiness.
- She was a sorry sight, starving, dirty, smelled terrible, skinny, and her hair all matted down.
- Most soldiers they met were a sorry sight, injured, half-starving and desperate to surrender.
- Elvis was a sorry sight: ruff bloodied and his resplendent tail replaced with a graceless pink knob.
- It was a sorry sight indeed, made no better by the arrival of the hospital, which was by far the largest building in Wickensville.
- Laughing so hard that tears ran down his face, Ranear of Tusheba was a sorry sight.
- It's a sorry sight to see two stunted propshafts, encrusted with marine growth, but he films the severed ends anyway.
- Without the ability to swim and stamina, a Water Polo player is a sorry sight.
- What a sorry sight he was, coming down to the House tonight - and he was one of two.
- Time and again one is treated to a sorry sight of a body exhumed by thieves at night and clothes stolen from the dead.
- He let his eyes take in the sorry sight of the man and felt his anger recede a little.
- When a Times of Zambia crew visited him in Chibolya, the musician was a sorry sight.
- They went home 90 minutes later a real sorry sight after this mauling by Guiseley.
- Its ground floor is boarded up and many windows are broken, making it a sorry sight.
- She whetted a rag and wiped the floor as I dumped the sorry sight into the wastebasket.
- It's a sorry sight though, when the expense accounts have soaked up a couple of pints from the bar.
- The unhappy faces were a sorry sight; several of the boys were taken aback when she smiled.
- the house was in a sorry state when we got back — la casa estaba en un estado lamentable cuando volvimos
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