offer one's condolences

English

Verb

offer one's condolences

(idiomatic) To offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one.
The president offered his condolences to the mother of the dead soldier.

Translations

offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one

Chinese:
Mandarin: 弔唁 (zh),弔唁,吊唁 (diàoyàn)
Czech: upřímnou soustrast
Dutch: condoleren (nl)
Finnish: esittää osanottonsa

French: présenter ses condoléances
Indonesian: berbelasungkawa (id)
Japanese: 哀悼の意を表する (aitō-no i-o hyō-suru)
Russian: выража́ть соболе́знования (vyražátʹ soboléznovanija), вы́разить соболе́знования (výrazitʹ soboléznovanija)
Serbo-Croatian: dati sućut

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