pardon me

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pardon me

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  1. idiomatic Sorry; said as an apology. Pardon me for stepping on your foot.
  2. idiomatic Polite expression used to soften a contradiction. Pardon me, but that is not true.

    Similar: pardon, what

  3. Canada, US, idiomatic Polite expression to ask someone to repeat an utterance. Pardon me, I didn't hear you.

Similar: come again

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phrase

Similar: come again

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phrase polite expression to get someone to repeat

中文請再說一遍 /请再说一遍 qǐng zài shuō yī biàn
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phrase sorry, as an apology

Españoldiscúlpeme/perdóneme (usted) a mí
한국어용서하십시요 yongseohasipsiyo
日本語御免なさい gomen nasai
中文對不起 /对不起 duìbùqǐ, 抱歉 bàoqiàn, 不好意思 bù hǎoyìsi, 對不住 /对不住 duìbùzhù
Portuguêsperdão, desculpe-me, me desculpa, desculpas, desculpa
Françaisexcusez-moi
DeutschEntschuldigung
Italianoscusami
Ελληνικάσυγγνώμη syngnómi
Русскийпрости́те prostíte
العربيةعَفْوًا ʕafwan
עבריתסְלִיחָה sliḥá, סְלָח לִי slaḥ li, סִלְחִי לִי silḥí li, סִלְחוּ לִי silḥú li

phrase polite expression used to soften a contradiction

中文恕我直言 shù wǒ zhíyán, 容我冒昧 róng wǒ màomèi

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@misc{pardon_me_2026,
  title = {pardon me},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pardon%20me},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}