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How to say Excuse me in different countries (languages)

"Excuse me" serves four primary functions globally: getting attention, requesting physical passage, asking someone to repeat information, or offering a minor apology. Because context dictates vocabulary abroad, choosing the correct phrase is essential.

Learn context-specific ways to say "excuse me" across major world languages.

Excuse me worldwide

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Australia
Excuse me
Austria
Entschuldigung!
Verzeihen Sie bitte!
Verzeihung, bitte!
Belarus
Извиняете [Izvinite]
Brazil
Com licença
Czech Republic
Promiňte!
Dominican Republic
Perdón
Egypt
بعد اذنك [bead eznak]
من فضلك [min fadlik]
Germany
Entschuldigung!
Verzeihen Sie bitte!
Verzeihung, bitte!
Hungary
Elnézés
Bocsanat
Japan
すみません [Sumimasen]
Kazakhstan
Извиняете [Izvinite]
Kyrgyzstan
Извиняете [Izvinite]
New Zealand
Excuse me
Northern Ireland
Excuse me
Poland
Przepraszam
Portugal
Com licença
Russia
Извиняете [Izvinite]
Slovakia
Prepáčte!
South Africa
Excuse me
South Korea
실례합니다. [si lrye hab ni da]
Switzerland
Entschuldigung!
Verzeihen Sie bitte!
Verzeihung, bitte!
Trinidad and Tobago
Excuse me