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English
Phrase
I'm afraid so
- Unfortunately, yes; I regret that that is so.
- Antonym: I'm afraid not
Do we really have to do every one by hand? Yes, I'm afraid so.
Translations
unfortunately, yes
- Afrikaans: Ongelukkig ja.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 恐怕是的 (kǒngpà shìde), 恐怕有 (kǒngpà yǒu)
- Dutch: ik ben bang van wel
- Finnish: niin kai, luulen niin, pelkäänpä pahoin (often with "että"; "pelkäänpä pahoin, että ...")
- German: leider schon
- Hungarian: attól tartok, attól tartok, igen
- Icelandic: ég er hræddur um það
- Norwegian: jeg er redd for det
- Polish: obawiam się, że tak, niestety, tak
- Portuguese: receio que sim, infelizmente, sim
- Russian: к сожале́нию (ru) (k sožaléniju), бою́сь, что да́ (bojúsʹ, što dá)
- Spanish: eso me temo, me temo que sí
- Swedish: jag är rädd för det
- Turkish: korkarım ki öyle
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