A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert verb (to cause to have sorrow or regret)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

μετανοέω verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
μετᾰνοέω verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)

Arabic

2 entries

تَابَ verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
تَابَ verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܬܘܐ verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Armenian

1 entries

զղջալ verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Bulgarian

3 entries

разкайвам се verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)
съжалявам verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
съжалявам verb (to feel sorry for, to regret)

Catalan

1 entries

penedir-se verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

懺悔 /忏悔 verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

後悔 /后悔 verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
忏悔 verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)
悔悟 verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
悔改 verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Chuukese

1 entries

aier verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Czech

1 entries

kát se verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Dutch

4 entries

berouw hebben verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
berouw hebben verb (to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow)
berouw tonen verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)
berouwen verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Esperanto

1 entries

penti verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Finnish

4 entries

kaduttaa verb (to cause to have sorrow or regret)
katua verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
katua verb (to feel sorry for, to regret)
kääntyä verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)

French

3 entries

repentir verb (to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow)
se repentir verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
se repentir verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)

Galician

1 entries

arrepentir verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

German

3 entries

bedauern verb (to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow)
bereuen verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
bereuen verb (to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌽 verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Greek

2 entries

μετανιώνω verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
μετανοώ verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Hindi

2 entries

पछताना verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
पश्चात्ताप verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)

Italian

1 entries

pentirsi verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Japanese

1 entries

悔い改める verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Korean

1 entries

뉘우치다 verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Lutuv

1 entries

ngiepachiy verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Malay

1 entries

insaf verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Māori

1 entries

rīpenetā verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

utubu verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)

Norman

1 entries

r'penti verb (to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

angre verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

angre verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Old English

1 entries

hrēowan verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Old French

1 entries

repentir verb (to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

omkjieren verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)

Portuguese

2 entries

arrepender verb (to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow)
arrepender-se verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Russian

4 entries

жале́ть verb (to feel sorry for, to regret)
ка́яться verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
ка́яться verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)
ка́яться verb (to feel sorry for, to regret)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kajati se verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
kajati se verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)
kajati se verb (to feel sorry for, to regret)
pokajati se verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Spanish

3 entries

arrepentir verb (to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow)
arrepentirse verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
repentirse verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Swahili

1 entries

kutubu verb (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)

Swedish

1 entries

ångra verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Turkish

4 entries

pişman etmek verb (to cause to have sorrow or regret)
pişman olmak verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
pişman olmak verb (to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow)
pişman olmak verb (to feel sorry for, to regret)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ка́ятися verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)
шкодува́ти verb (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We never repent having eaten too little.

Source: tatoeba (23132)

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Source: tatoeba (66984)

It is too late to repent.

Source: tatoeba (242058)

He came to repent before long.

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