apologize

Etymology
, from, from , from , compound of and ; compare also.

Verb

 * 1)  To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
 * 2) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Today I want to apologize to my co-workers.
 * 1)  To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
 * 2)  To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.
 * 1)  To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
 * 2)  To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.
 * 1)  To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:, présenter des excuses
 * Italian: chiedere perdono, chiedere scusa,
 * Latin: sibi paenitēre
 * Maori: whakapāha
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: pedir desculpas/perdão, desculpar-se


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: faire l'apologie de
 * Hungarian: védőbeszédet tart
 * Old English: lādung
 * Portuguese: apologizar, fazer apologia a


 * Albanian: kërkoj falje
 * American Sign Language: A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert
 * Arabic: اِعْتَذَرَ, اِسْتَعْذَرَ, اِسْتَصْفَحَ
 * Armenian: ներողություն խնդրել
 * Azerbaijani: üzr istəmək
 * Belarusian: выбача́цца, вы́бачыцца, прабача́цца, праба́чыцца, перапра́шваць, перапрасі́ць
 * Bulgarian:, извиня
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Dungan: доҗи
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pardonpeti
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ბოდიშის მოხდა
 * German:
 * Greek: ζητάω συγγνώμη
 * Hawaiian: mihi
 * Hebrew: הִתְנַצֵּל
 * Hindi: क्षमा मांगना
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: kyssyä anteeks
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: кешірім сұрау
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: кечирим суроо
 * Lao: ຂໍໂທດ
 * Latvian: atvainoties
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: се извинува, се извини
 * Maori: whakapāha
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: unnskylde, beklage
 * Old English: lādian
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, , apologizować
 * Portuguese: desculpar-se
 * Romanian: cere scuze
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: испричати
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: ospravedlňovať, ospravedlniť
 * Slovene: opravičevati, opravičiti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: узр хостан, узр пурсидан, афв талабидан
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ötünç soramak
 * Ukrainian: вибача́тися, ви́бачитися, перепро́шувати, перепроси́ти
 * Urdu: عُذْر کَرْنَا, مُعافی مانْگْنا
 * Uyghur: كەچۈرۈم سورىماق
 * Uzbek: kechirim soʻramoq, uzr soʻramoq, afv soʻramoq
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: אַנטשולדיקן


 * Dutch:
 * Georgian: ბოდიშის მოხდა
 * Hebrew: התנצל, ביקש סליחה
 * Welsh: ymddiheurio