I think that you ought to apologize to her.
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Apologize
//əˈpɒləd͡ʒaɪz//
Synonyms for "apologize" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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6 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesentails
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1 entriesmotivated by_goal
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11 entriesTranslations
141 translations across 70 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kërkoj falje verb (to make an apology or excuse)
American Sign Language
1 entries- A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Arabic
3 entries- اِسْتَصْفَحَ verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- اِسْتَعْذَرَ verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- اِعْتَذَرَ verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Armenian
1 entries- ներողություն խնդրել verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- üzr istəmək verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Belarusian
4 entries- вы́бачыцца verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- выбача́цца verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- перапра́шваць verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- перапрасі́ць verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Bengali
2 entries- ক্ষমা চাওয়া verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- মাফ চাওয়া verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Bulgarian
2 entries- извиня́ се verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- извиня́вам се verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Burmese
2 entries- တောင်းပန် verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- ဝန်ချ verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Catalan
4 entries- apologitzar verb (to make an apology or defense)
- apologitzar verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- demanar perdó verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- disculpar-se verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Chinese
1 entries- доҗи verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 道歉 verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 道歉 verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Cypriot Greek
1 entries- απολογούμαι verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Czech
2 entries- omlouvat se verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- omluvit se verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Danish
1 entries- undskylde sig verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Dutch
2 entries- verantwoorden verb (to make an apology or defense)
- zich verontschuldigen verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Esperanto
1 entries- pardonpeti verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Estonian
1 entries- vabandama verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Finnish
4 entries- pahoitella verb (to express regret)
- pahoitella verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- puolustella verb (to make an apology or defense)
- pyytää anteeksi verb (to make an apology or excuse)
French
4 entries- faire l'apologie de verb (to make an apology or defense)
- présenter des excuses verb (to express regret)
- s'excuser verb (to express regret)
- s'excuser verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Georgian
1 entries- ბოდიშის მოხდა verb (to make an apology or excuse)
German
1 entries- sich entschuldigen verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Greek
1 entries- ζητάω συγγνώμη verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Hawaiian
1 entries- mihi verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִתְנַצֵּל verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Hindi
2 entries- क्षमा मांगना verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- माफ़ी माँगना verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Hungarian
4 entries- bocsánatot kér verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- elnézést kér verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- sajnálkozik verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- védőbeszédet tart verb (to make an apology or defense)
Icelandic
1 entries- afsaka sig verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Ido
1 entries- exkuzar verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Ingrian
1 entries- kyssyä anteeks verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- عُذْرْخواهی کَرْدَن verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- مَعْذِرَت خواسْتَن verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Irish
3 entries- leithscéal a dhéanamh verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- leithscéal a ghabháil verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- pardún a ghabháil verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Italian
4 entries- chiedere perdono verb (to express regret)
- chiedere scusa verb (to express regret)
- scusarsi verb (to express regret)
- scusarsi verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Japanese
3 entries- 詫びる verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- 謝る verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- 謝罪する verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Kazakh
2 entries- кешірім сұрау verb (to express regret)
- кешірім сұрау verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Khmer
1 entries- លន់តួ verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Korean
2 entries- 사과하다 verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- 사죄하다 verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кечирим суроо verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Lao
1 entries- ຂໍໂທດ verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Latin
1 entries- sibi paenitēre verb (to express regret)
Latvian
1 entries- atvainoties verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atsiprašyti verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Macedonian
2 entries- се извини verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- се извинува verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Mongolian
2 entries- уучлалт гуйх verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- өршөөл гуйх verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Māori
2 entries- whakapāha verb (to express regret)
- whakapāha verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- bexşandin xwestin verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- uzir xwestin verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- beklage verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- unnskylde seg verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Old English
2 entries- lādian verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- lādung verb (to make an apology or defense)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- пребачиц ше verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- пребачовац ше verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Pashto
2 entries- بخښنه غوښتل verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- معذرت غوښتل verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Polish
4 entries- apologizować verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- przepraszać verb (to express regret)
- przepraszać verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- przeprosić verb (to express regret)
Portuguese
4 entries- apologizar verb (to make an apology or defense)
- desculpar-se verb (to express regret)
- desculpar-se verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- fazer apologia a verb (to make an apology or defense)
Romanian
2 entries- a-și cere scuze verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- cere scuze verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Russian
2 entries- извини́ться verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- извиня́ться verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ispríčati se verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- испри́чати се verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Slovak
2 entries- ospravedlniť sa verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- ospravedlňovať sa verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Slovene
2 entries- opravičevati se verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- opravičiti se verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Spanish
3 entries- disculparse verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- pedir disculpas verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- pedir perdón verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Swedish
2 entries- be om ursäkt verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- ursäkta sig verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Tajik
4 entries- афв талабидан verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- узр пурсидан verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- узр хостан verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- узрхоҳӣ кардан verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Thai
1 entries- ขอโทษ verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Turkish
1 entries- özür dilemek verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Turkmen
2 entries- ötünmek verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- ötünç soramak verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́бачитися verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- вибача́тися verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- перепро́шувати verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- перепроси́ти verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Urdu
2 entries- عُذْر کَرْنَا verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- مُعافی مان٘گْنا verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئۆزرىخاھلىق ئېيتماق verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- كەچۈرۈم سورىماق verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Uzbek
4 entries- afv soʻramoq verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- kechirim soʻramoq verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- uzr aytmoq verb (to make an apology or excuse)
- uzr soʻramoq verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xin lỗi verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַנטשולדיקן זיך verb (to make an apology or excuse)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You must apologize to her, and that at once.
Source: tatoeba (12000)
All you have to do is apologize for being late.
Source: tatoeba (15897)
You are to apologize to her for it.
Source: tatoeba (15934)
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