Meanings
phrase
alternative I am afraid so · alternative informal 'fraid so
- Unfortunately, yes; I regret that that is so.
Do we really have to do every one by hand? Yes, I'm afraid so.
Antonyms: I'm afraid not
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseUnfortunately, yes; I regret that that is so.
Opposite
Translations
Afrikaans Ongelukkig ja.
- Ongelukkig ja.unfortunately, yes
Chinese Mandarin 恐怕是的, 恐怕有
- 恐怕是的 (kǒngpà shìde)unfortunately, yes
- 恐怕有 (kǒngpà yǒu)unfortunately, yes
Dutch ik ben bang van wel
- ik ben bang van welunfortunately, yes
Finnish niin kai, luulen niin
- niin kaiunfortunately, yes
- luulen niinunfortunately, yes
German leider schon
- leider schonunfortunately, yes
Hungarian attól tartok, attól tartok, igen
- attól tartokunfortunately, yes
- attól tartok, igenunfortunately, yes
Icelandic ég er hræddur um það
- ég er hræddur um þaðunfortunately, yes
Norwegian jeg er redd for det
- jeg er redd for detunfortunately, yes
Polish obawiam się, że tak, niestety, tak
- obawiam się, że takunfortunately, yes
- niestety, takunfortunately, yes
Portuguese receio que sim, infelizmente, sim
- receio que simunfortunately, yes
- infelizmente, simunfortunately, yes
Russian к сожале́нию, бою́сь, что да́
- к сожале́нию (k sožaléniju)unfortunately, yes
- бою́сь, что да́ (bojúsʹ, što dá)unfortunately, yes
Spanish eso me temo, me temo que sí
- eso me temounfortunately, yes
- me temo que síunfortunately, yes
Swedish jag är rädd för det
- jag är rädd för detunfortunately, yes
Turkish korkarım ki öyle
- korkarım ki öyleunfortunately, yes
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