I'm afraid not

English

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Alternative forms

I am afraid not; 'fraid not (informal)

Phrase

I'm afraid not

Unfortunately, no; I regret that that is not so.
Do you have any beer? No, I'm afraid not.

Antonyms

I'm afraid so

Translations

unfortunately, no

Chinese:
Mandarin: 恐怕不行
Dutch: ik ben bang van niet
Finnish: valitettavasti ei
French: malheureusement pas
Hungarian: (not possible etc.) attól tartok, nem, sajnos nem; (not available) attól tartok, nincs, sajnos nincs
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} ég er hræddur um ekki

Indonesian: Aku rasa tidak
Korean: 아쉽게도 아닙니다 (aswipgedo animnida)
Macedonian: нажалост (nážalost)
Russian: к сожале́нию (ru) (k sožaléniju), бою́сь, что не́т (ru) (bojúsʹ, što nét), вря́д ли (ru) (vrjád li)
Spanish: Me temo que no
Swedish: tyvärr inte

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