Meanings
phrase
- Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information.
What a pity you can't attend our party tonight.
Synonyms: what a shame
interjection
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseUsed to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information.
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Translations
Arabic يَا خَسَارَة, يَا لَلْأَسَف
- يَا خَسَارَة (yā ḵasāra)used to express regret
- يَا لَلْأَسَف (yā la-l-ʔasaf)used to express regret
Bulgarian жа́лко, за жа́лост
- жа́лко (žálko)used to express regret
- за жа́лост (za žálost)used to express regret
- уви́ (uví)used to express regret
Catalan quina llàstima
- quina llàstimaused to express regret
Chinese Mandarin 真遺憾 /真遗憾, 真倒霉
- 真遺憾 /真遗憾 (zhēn yíhàn)used to express regret
- 真倒霉 (zhēn dǎoméi)used to express regret
Czech to je škoda
- to je škodaused to express regret
Danish det er synd
- det er syndused to express regret
Dutch wat jammer
- wat jammerused to express regret
Esperanto domaĝe
- domaĝeused to express regret
Estonian kahju
- kahjuused to express regret
Finnish sääli, ikävää
- sääliused to express regret
- ikävääused to express regret
- harmiused to express regret
- voi harmiused to express regret
- harmin paikkaused to express regret
French quel dommage, dommage
- quel dommageused to express regret
- dommageused to express regret
German das ist aber schade, schade
- das ist aber schadeused to express regret
- schadeused to express regret
- wie schadeused to express regret
Greek τι κρίμα
- τι κρίμα (ti kríma)used to express regret
Hawaiian aloha ʻino
- aloha ʻinoused to express regret
Hebrew כמה חבל
- כמה חבל (kamá khavál)used to express regret
Hungarian kár, de kár
- kárused to express regret
- de kárused to express regret
- milyen kárused to express regret
Indonesian sayang, yah
- sayangused to express regret
- yahused to express regret
Italian peccato, che peccato!
- peccatoused to express regret
- che peccato!used to express regret
Japanese 残念
- 残念 (zannen)used to express regret
Korean 유가밉니다, 유감입니다
- 유가밉니다 (yugamimnida)used to express regret
- 유감입니다 (yugamimnida)used to express regret
- 안됐다 (andwaetda)used to express regret
Malay sayang
- sayangused to express regret
Norwegian Bokmål det var synd
- det var syndused to express regret
Persian چه حیف, حیف شد
- چه حیف (če heyf)used to express regret
- حیف شد (heyf šod)used to express regret
Polish szkoda
- szkodaused to express regret
Portuguese que pena
- que penaused to express regret
Romanian ce păcat
- ce păcatused to express regret
Russian как жа́ль, жа́ль
- как жа́ль (kak žálʹ)used to express regret
- жа́ль (žálʹ)used to express regret
- кака́я жа́лость (kakája žálostʹ)used to express regret
Spanish qué lástima, qué pena
- qué lástimaused to express regret
- qué penaused to express regret
Swedish vad synd
- vad syndused to express regret
Tagalog sayang!
- sayang!used to express regret
Tamil பாவம்
- பாவம் (pāvam)used to express regret
Turkish ne yazık
- ne yazıkused to express regret
Ukrainian яки́й жаль, яка́ шко́да
- яки́й жаль (jakýj žalʹ)used to express regret
- яка́ шко́да (jaká škóda)used to express regret
Vietnamese tiếc quá, chán thế
- tiếc quáused to express regret
- chán thếused to express regret
- chán nhỉused to express regret
Welsh dyna drueni, trueni
- dyna drueniused to express regret
- trueniused to express regret
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