I'm so sorry!¡lo siento mucho!;¡perdón!;sorry!¡perdón!;¡perdone!;¡disculpe!; especially(LAm)sorry I'm late!¡siento llegar tarde!;I'm sorry to bother you but ...siento or(formal) lamento molestarle, pero ...
to be sorry about/for sthsentir algo;lamentar algo (formal)
I'm sorry about what I said last nightsiento lo que dije anoche;we are sorry for any inconvenience causedlamentamos cualquier molestia ocasionada
I'm sorry about that vase
to say sorry (to sb) (for sth)pedir perdón or disculpas (a algn) (por algo); especially(LAm)
go and say sorry!¡anda ve y pide perdón or disculpas!;I've said I'm sorry, what more do you want?ya he dicho que lo siento, ¿qué más quieres?
he never even said he was sorry
2(repentant)arrepentido
he wasn't in the least bit sorryno estaba arrepentido en lo más mínimo
he's truly sorry - he knew it was wrong
you'll be sorry for this!¡me las pagarás!;¡te arrepentirás (de esto)!
3(regretful, sad)
I'm sorry, she's busy at the momentlo siento, en este momento está ocupada;I can't say I'm sorryno puedo decir que lo sienta
to be sorry about sth/sb
I'm sorry about your mother/about what happenedsiento or(formal) lamento lo de tu madre/lo sucedido
I can't tell you how sorry I amno te puedes hacer una idea de cuánto lo siento
The manager had said he was sorry, there was nothing he could do about itI'm sorry but there's no-one here called NikkiI now feel even sorrier about leaving schoolHe didn't know whether to feel glad or sorry at his dismissal
to be sorry that ...sentir or(formal) lamentar que
I'm sorry he didn't get the jobsiento que no consiguiera el trabajo
I'm sorry to hear that you're leavingme da pena saber que te vas
we are sorry to have to tell you that ...lamentamos tener que decirle que ...;I was sorry to hear of your accidentsiento or lamento lo de tu accidente;it was a failure, I'm sorry to sayme duele reconocerlo, pero fue un fracaso;no one seemed very sorry to see him gonadie parecía sentir or lamentar mucho que se fuera
I'm sorry to say that the experiment has not been a success`I'm seriously thinking of retiring" - "I'm sorry to hear that"to be sorry
4(pitying)
to be or feel sorry for sb
I'm sorry for himlo compadezco;I feel sorry for the childel niño me da lástima or pena
I feel sorry for anyone who has to be out on a night like thisit's the women and children I feel sorry forto [be] [feel] sorry for o.s.
it's no good feeling sorry for yourselfno sirve de mucho lamentarte de tu suerte
How dare you feel sorry for yourself? It was your own fault!it is important for me to get on with my life and not feel sorry for myself
to look sorry for o.s.tener un aspecto triste
he looked very sorry for himself
5(pitiful)
the garden was a sorry sightel jardín estaba en un estado lamentable;el jardín estaba hecho una pena (informal)
Smith dominated the contest, but at the end he was a sorry sightThe primroses reacted to the stress of drought by losing many of their leaves. By August, they were a sorry sight
to be in a sorry stateencontrarse en un estado lamentable
she was in a sorry state when we found herthe economy's in a sorry statewe were in a sorry state when we lost all our moneya sorry [state] of [affairs]what a sorry state of affairs!they are responsible for this sorry state of affairsit was a sorry [tale] of mismanagement and inefficiency
he poured out his sorry tale to his motherle contó su triste historia a su madre
it was a sorry tale of defeatHe glared at them as if he had never seen such a sorry lota sorry excusehe was a sorry figure in his soaking wet clothes
6(when sb has not heard)
sorry, I didn't catch what you saidperdón, no entendí lo que dijiste
7(when correcting o.s.)
it's the third, sorry, the fourth on the leftes la tercera, perdón, la cuarta a la izquierda
It's in the southeast, sorry, southwest corner of the USA...The other three suggestions - sorry - I should have said the other two suggestions, were very helpful
8(when disagreeing)
I'm sorry, I can't agree with youlo siento or perdona, pero no puedo darte la razón