regret

regret
rə'ɡret
1. past tense, past participle - regretted; verb
(to be sorry about: I regret my foolish behaviour; I regret that I missed the concert; I regret missing the concert; I regret to inform you that your application for the job was unsuccessful.) lamentar

2. noun
(a feeling of sorrow, or of having done something wrong: I have no regrets / I feel no regret about what I did; It was with deep regret that I heard the news of his death.) pesar; remordimiento
- regretfully
- regrettable
- regrettably
regret1 n pesar
it is with deep regret that I have to inform you of the death of the King con un profundo pesar, les tengo que comunicar la muerte del Rey
to have no regrets no arrepentirse
I've no regrets about spending the money no me arrepiento de haber gastado el dinero
regret2 vb
1. arrepentirse
he regrets buying such an expensive game se arrepiente de haber comprado un juego tan caro
2. lamentar
I regret to say he has died lamento tener que decir que ha muerto
regret
tr[rɪ'gret]
noun
1 (remorse) remordimiento
2 (sadness) pesar nombre masculino
transitive verb
1 (feel sorry) lamentar, arrepentirse de
■ I don't regret leaving her no me arrepiento de haberla dejado
2 (express one's sadness) lamentar
■ I regret to inform you that ... lamento informarle que ...
■ we regret to announce the death of ... lamentamos comunicar la muerte de ...
3 (miss) echar de menos, echar en falta
plural noun regrets
1 excusas nombre masculino plural
■ she sends her regrets manda sus excusas
regret [ri'grɛt] vt, -gretted ; -gretting : arrepentirse de, lamentar
he regrets nothing: no se arrepiente de nada
I regret to tell you: lamento decirle
regret n
1) remorse: arrepentimiento m, remordimientos mpl
2) sadness: pesar m, dolor m
3) regrets npl
: excusas fpl
to send one's regrets: excusarse
regret
n.
• arrepentimiento s.m.
• dolor s.m.
• pesar s.m.
• remordimiento s.m.
• resquemor s.m.
• sentimiento s.m.
v.
• arrepentirse de v.
• doler v.
• lamentar v.
• sentir v.

I rɪ'gret
transitive verb -tt- \<\<decision/mistake\>\> arrepentirse* de, lamentar

we regret any inconvenience caused — rogamos disculpen las molestias (que hayamos podido ocasionar)

to regret -ING — arrepentirse* de or lamentar + inf

I regret that I shall be unable to attend — lamento no poder asistir

it is to be regretted that ... — es lamentable que (+ subj)

to regret to + INF — lamentar tener que + inf

we regret to inform you that ... — lamentamos comunicarle or informarle que ...


II
mass & count noun (sadness) pesar m; (remorse) arrepentimiento m

it is with regret that we announce ... — lamentamos tener que anunciar que ...

my biggest/one regret is that I didn't have children — lo que más lamento/lo único que lamento es no haber tenido hijos

I've no regrets about leaving — no me arrepiento de haberme ido

[rɪ'ɡret]
1. N
1) (=sorrow) pena f , pesar m

she accepted his resignation with regret — aceptó su dimisión con pena or pesar

the President expressed his regret for the deaths of civilians — el presidente expresó su pesar or dolor por las muertes de los civiles

my one or only regret is that I didn't see her before she died — lo único que siento or lamento es no haberla visto antes de que muriera

I felt no regret at giving up my work — no sentí dejar el trabajo

much to my regret, to my great regret — con gran pesar mío

2) (=remorse) remordimiento(s) m(pl)

I felt a pang of regret — me entraron remordimientos

I have no regrets — no me arrepiento de nada

3) regrets (=excuses) excusas fpl , disculpas fpl

to send one's regrets — excusarse or mandar sus disculpas (por no poder acudir)

2. VT
1) (=apologize for, be sorry for) [+ death, inconvenience, error] lamentar

we regret any inconvenience caused by the delay — lamentamos cualquier inconveniente que les pueda haber causado el retraso

it is to be regretted that he did not act sooner — lo lamentable es que no actuó antes

the President regrets (that) he cannot see you today — el presidente lamenta or siente no poder verle hoy

we regret to inform you that ... — lamentamos tener que informarle que ...

her lack of co-operation is nothing new, I regret to say — lamento decir que su falta de cooperación no es algo nuevo

we regret having to do this, but it is necessary — lamentamos or sentimos tener que hacer esto, pero es necesario

he regretted what had happened — lamentó lo ocurrido

2) (=rue) [+ decision] arrepentirse de, lamentar

you won't regret it! — ¡no te arrepentirás!, ¡no lo lamentarás!

he regrets saying it — se arrepiente de or lamenta haberlo dicho

he was regretting that he had asked the question — se arrepentía de or lamentaba haber hecho la pregunta

I don't regret what I did — no me arrepiento de or lamento lo que hice

to live to regret sth — arrepentirse de or lamentar algo más tarde

* * *

I [rɪ'gret]
transitive verb -tt- \<\<decision/mistake\>\> arrepentirse* de, lamentar

we regret any inconvenience caused — rogamos disculpen las molestias (que hayamos podido ocasionar)

to regret -ING — arrepentirse* de or lamentar + inf

I regret that I shall be unable to attend — lamento no poder asistir

it is to be regretted that ... — es lamentable que (+ subj)

to regret to + INF — lamentar tener que + inf

we regret to inform you that ... — lamentamos comunicarle or informarle que ...


II
mass & count noun (sadness) pesar m; (remorse) arrepentimiento m

it is with regret that we announce ... — lamentamos tener que anunciar que ...

my biggest/one regret is that I didn't have children — lo que más lamento/lo único que lamento es no haber tenido hijos

I've no regrets about leaving — no me arrepiento de haberme ido


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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