what a pity

English

Phrase

what a pity

Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information.
What a pity you can't attend our party tonight.

Synonyms

what a shame

Translations

used to express regret

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: يَا خَسَارَة (yā ḵasāra), يَا لَلْأَسَف (yā la-l-ʔasaf)
Armenian: ափսոս (hy) (apʻsos)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: які́ жаль (jakí žalʹ)
Bulgarian: жа́лко (bg) (žálko), за жа́лост (za žálost), уви́ (bg) (uví)
Catalan: quina llàstima
Chinese:
Mandarin: 真遺憾／真遗憾 (zhēn yíhàn), 真倒霉 (zhēn dǎoméi)
Czech: to je škoda
Danish: det er synd
Dutch: wat jammer
Esperanto: domaĝe
Estonian: kahju (et)
Finnish: sääli (fi), ikävää, harmi (fi), voi harmi, harmin paikka
French: quel dommage (fr), dommage (fr)
Galician: que mágoa
Georgian: რა სამწუხაროა (ra samc̣uxaroa)
German: das ist aber schade, schade (de), wie schade
Greek: τι κρίμα (ti kríma)
Hebrew: כמה חבל (kamá khavál)
Hungarian: kár (hu), de kár, milyen kár
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Italian: peccato (it), che peccato!
Japanese: 残念 (ja) (ざんねん, zannen)
Khmer: គួរឱ្យអាណិតណាស់ (kuə ʼaoy ʼaanət nah)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Ladino: ke pekado
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Low German:
German Low German: dat is aver schaad, schaad (nds)
Malay: sayang (ms)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Persian: چه حیف (če heyf), حیف شد (heyf šod)
Polish: szkoda (pl)
Portuguese: que pena
Romanian: ce păcat
Russian: как жа́ль (kak žálʹ), жа́ль (ru) (žálʹ), кака́я жа́лость (ru) (kakája žálostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ште̏та

Roman: štȅta (sh)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: qué lástima, qué pena
Swedish: vad synd
Tagalog: sayang! (tl)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: ne yazık
Ukrainian: яки́й жаль (jakýj žalʹ), яка́ шко́да (jaká škóda)
Vietnamese: tiếc quá, chán thế, chán nhỉ
Votic: žaali

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