Pitiful
//ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩//
Translations of "pitiful" (25 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | οἰκτρός(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | oiktrós | |
| Belarusian | жа́ласны(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | žálasny | |
| Bulgarian | жалък(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), клет(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), нищожен(of an amount or number: very small) | žalǎk, klet, ništožen | |
| Catalan | lamentable(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), miserable(of an amount or number: very small) | — | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 慘 /惨(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | caam² | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 可憐 /可怜(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), 很少(of an amount or number: very small) | kělián, hěn shǎo | |
| Dutch | zielig(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| Finnish | säälittävä(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), säälittävä(of an amount or number: very small) | — | |
| French | dérisoire(of an amount or number: very small), pitoyable(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| German | Mitleid erregend(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), armselig(of an amount or number: very small), bedauernswert(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), bemitleidenswert(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), erbarmungswürdig(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), erbärmlich(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), jämmerlich(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), kläglich(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), kümmerlich(of an amount or number: very small), mitleiderregend(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), mitleidig(in a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically), mitleidsvoll(in a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically) | — | |
| Greek | αξιολύπητος(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | axiolýpitos | |
| Ingrian | poloin(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| Japanese | 可憐な(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | karen na | |
| Latin | flēbilis(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), miser(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| Māori | hanga aroha(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), whakaaroha(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| Navajo | baa hojoobáʼí(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| Norman | pitchiabl'ye(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| Norwegian bokmål | arm(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| Norwegian nynorsk | arm(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| Polish | żałosny(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| Portuguese | lamentável(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| Russian | бе́дненький(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), жа́лкий(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), жа́лкий(of an amount or number: very small), жа́лостливый(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), жа́лостный(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), ми́зерный(of an amount or number: very small), ничто́жный(of an amount or number: very small) | bédnenʹkij, žálkij, žálkij, žálostlivyj, žálostnyj, mízernyj, ničtóžnyj | |
| Sichuanese | 造孽(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | zao4 nyie2 | |
| Spanish | achará(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), lamentoso(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), lastimero(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), lastimoso(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), mísero(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it), mísero(of an amount or number: very small), penoso(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | — | |
| Ukrainian | жа́лісний(so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | žálisnyj |
lamentable, miserable
zielig
säälittävä, säälittävä
dérisoire, pitoyable
Mitleid erregend, armselig, bedauernswert, bemitleidenswert, erbarmungswürdig, erbärmlich, jämmerlich, kläglich, kümmerlich, mitleiderregend, mitleidig, mitleidsvoll
poloin
flēbilis, miser
hanga aroha, whakaaroha
baa hojoobáʼí
pitchiabl'ye
żałosny
lamentável
бе́дненький, жа́лкий, жа́лкий, жа́лостливый, жа́лостный, ми́зерный, ничто́жный
bédnenʹkij, žálkij, žálkij, žálostlivyj, žálostnyj, mízernyj, ničtóžnyj
achará, lamentoso, lastimero, lastimoso, mísero, mísero, penoso
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