Meaning

3 senses
  1. (literally)Used to express an apology for an action.

  2. Used to request something, for example if a statement was not heard.

  3. Used to ask for clarification of something said if it is unexpected, odd or seen as rude without context.

    wie bitte?

Examples

33 sentences
  1. I beg your pardon?

    Перепрошую? — aandrusiak

    ruЧто, простите? — shanghainese

    deWie bitte? — Ramses

  2. I beg your pardon.

    Перепрошую. — deniko

    ruПрошу прощения. — odexed

  3. I was pardoned.

    Мене помилували. — deniko

    ruЯ был прощён. — marafon

  4. I'm sorry. I beg your pardon.

  5. I beg your pardon. I didn't quite catch your name.

Translations

4 languages
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See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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