regret

Etymology
From, , from , , from + , , from , from , from ; and , from , from , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at.

Verb

 * 1) To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
 * 2)  To feel sorry about (any thing).
 * 3)  To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.
 * 1)  To feel sorry about (any thing).
 * 2)  To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.
 * 1)  To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.
 * 1)  To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.

Usage notes

 * "Regret" is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the form), except in set phrases with tell, say, and inform, where the to infinitive is used. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language: A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert
 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: damutu
 * Belarusian: шкадава́ць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, želet
 * Danish: angre,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: bedaŭri
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: angra
 * Finnish: olla pahoillaan,
 * French:
 * Galician: arrepentir,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ,
 * Gilbertese: raraomaeakina
 * Gothic: 𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌽
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: μεταμέλομαι, μεταγιγνώσκω
 * Hawaiian: mihi
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: migbasol
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: sjá eftir
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: lamentar, regrettar
 * Italian:, rammaricarsi, ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer: ស្តាយគំនិត, នឹកស្តាយក្រោយ,
 * Korean:
 * Ladin: muië
 * Latin: paeniteo, lamentō
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low German: leed dohn
 * Macedonian: жали
 * Malay: sesal
 * Maore Comorian: jutsa
 * Maori: whakapāha, āwhitu, kōhau, pōuri
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Nepali: पछुतो, पश्चाताप
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: beklage,
 * Nynorsk: beklaga, beklage, angre
 * Old English: hrēowan
 * Persian: افسوس خوردن, افسوسیدن
 * Piedmontese: regreté
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: arrepender-se,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: жа̏лити
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: ľutovať, žialiť
 * Slovene: obžalovati
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: жалкува́ти, шкодува́ти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: edifaru
 * Yiddish: באַדויערן


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: beklage
 * Esperanto: bedaŭri
 * Faroese: harmast
 * Finnish: olla pahoillaan
 * Icelandic: harma
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: lamentar, regrettar
 * Italian: rammaricarsi
 * Ladin: muië
 * Malay: sesal
 * Maori: āwhitu, kaniawhea
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: beklage
 * Nynorsk: beklaga, beklage
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:

Noun

 * 1) Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.
 * 2)  Dislike; aversion.
 * 3)  The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.
 * 1)  Dislike; aversion.
 * 2)  The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.
 * 1)  The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.
 * 1)  The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language: A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert
 * Arabic: أَسَف,
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: шкадава́нне, жаль
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: beklagelse ; anger
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: bedaŭro
 * Faroese: iðran, angur
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐍉
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: अफ़सोस
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ilocano: babawi
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: aiféala
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: សេចក្ដីស្ដាយក្រោយ
 * Korean:
 * Malay: penyesalan
 * Maori: kōrehu
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali: आत्मग्लानि
 * Norman: r'gret
 * Norwegian: beklagelse ;
 * Old English: hrēow
 * Ottoman Turkish: اوگنج
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: regret
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sindhi: افسوس
 * Slovak: ľútosť
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish: ;
 * Telugu: విచారం
 * Tibetan:
 * Tocharian B: onmiṃ
 * Tok Pisin: belhevi
 * Ukrainian: жаль
 * Urdu: افسوس
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: באַדויערונג

Etymology
From, from , deverbal of , from , from , from and , from , from. More at.

Noun

 * 1) regret
 * 2) nostalgia

Noun

 * , repentance

Etymology
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