Meanings
phrase
alternative I am afraid not · alternative 'fraid not
- Unfortunately, no; I regret that that is not so.
Do you have any beer? No, I'm afraid not.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 恐怕不是, 恐怕沒有 /恐怕没有
- 恐怕不是 (kǒngpà bùshì)unfortunately, no
- 恐怕沒有 /恐怕没有 (kǒngpà méiyǒu)unfortunately, no
- 恐怕不行 (kǒngpà bùxíng)unfortunately, no
Dutch ik ben bang van niet
- ik ben bang van nietunfortunately, no
Finnish valitettavasti ei
- valitettavasti eiunfortunately, no
French malheureusement pas
- malheureusement pasunfortunately, no
German leider nicht
- leider nichtunfortunately, no
Hungarian attól tartok, nem, sajnos nem
- attól tartok, nemunfortunately, no
- sajnos nemunfortunately, no
- attól tartok, nincsunfortunately, no
- sajnos nincsunfortunately, no
Icelandic ég er hræddur um ekki
- ég er hræddur um ekkiunfortunately, no
Indonesian Aku rasa tidak
- Aku rasa tidakunfortunately, no
Korean 아쉽게도 아닙니다
- 아쉽게도 아닙니다 (aswipgedo animnida)unfortunately, no
Polish obawiam się, że nie, niestety, nie
- obawiam się, że nieunfortunately, no
- niestety, nieunfortunately, no
Russian к сожале́нию, бою́сь
- к сожале́нию (k sožaléniju)unfortunately, no
- бою́сьunfortunately, no
- что не́т (bojúsʹ, što nét)unfortunately, no
- вря́д ли (vrjád li)unfortunately, no
Spanish me temo que no
- me temo que nounfortunately, no
Swedish tyvärr inte
- tyvärr inteunfortunately, no
Turkish korkarım hayır
- korkarım hayırunfortunately, no
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APA
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Chicago
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