| Example in Persian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| با اين حال من انتخابي نداشتم جز افسوس خوردن | Yet I have no choice but to regret... |
| پس هر دوتامون يه چيزايي واسه افسوس خوردن داريم | So, we both have a few regrets. |
| :يادتونه اونوقتي رو که بهتون گفتم تو زندگي هيچي ارزش افسوس خوردن نداره؟ | Remember when I told you that there is nothing to regret in life? |
| زندگي مثل بازي شطرنجه بازنده دليلي براي افسوس خوردن نداره | Life is like a chess game. The loser has nothing to regret. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | fortryde | Dutch | spijten,tochten |
| English | regret | Finnish | pahoitella |
| French | regretter, se repéjorer, se repentir, se repercher, se repersonnifier, se repersuader, se repétainiser, se repieuter, se repignocher | German | bereuen |
| Hebrew | התחרט | Hungarian | bán, megbán, sajnál |
| Indonesian | menyesali | Italian | increscere, rammaricarsi, rimpiangere, rincrescere |
| Japanese | 悔いる, 悔やむ, 反省 | Lithuanian | apgailestauti, gailėtis |
| Macedonian | зажали, зажалува, се кае, се покае | Polish | pożałować, ubolewać, żałować |
| Portuguese | lastimar | Spanish | arrepentir, arrepentirse |
| Turkish | özlemini çekmek, pişman olmak | Vietnamese | hỏi han, hối hận, hối tiếc |