sorry
Significado (English)
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- Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
- Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
- Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
- Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate.
Synonyms
be sad
good-for-naught
I’m sorry
it is a pity
I regret that
feel remorse
forgive me
I am sorry
conscience-stricken
be sorry
O dear
Frecuencia
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈsɒ.ɹi/
Etimoloxía (English)
In summary
From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro (“hard, rough, painful”). Cognate with Scots sairie (“sad, grieved”), Saterland Frisian seerich (“sore, inflamed”), West Frisian searich (“sad, sorry”), Low German serig (“sick, scabby”), German dialectal sehrig (“sore, sad, painful”), Swedish sårig. Despite the similarity in form and meaning, not related to sorrow. Equivalent to sore + -y.
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