don't worry

English

English phrasebook

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Phrase

don't worry

1. Indicates to the interlocutor not to worry (feel anxiety) about something.

   A: What about the late fee? B: Don't worry about it — it's only a little bit.

2. (idiomatic, informal, oblique) Synonym of none of your business.

   A: How much did you make on that side gig with Julio and those guys? B: Don't worry about it — it's only a little bit.

Translations

indicates to the interlocutor not to worry about something

• Arabic: لا تقلق (la taqlaq) m. sg., لا تقلقي (la taqlaqī) f. sg., لا تقلقوا (taqlaqū) m. pl.

  Egyptian Arabic: ولا يهمك (wala yehimmak) m. sg., ولا يهمك (wala yehimmik) f. sg., ولا يهمكم (wala yehimmakum) m. pl.

• Armenian: մի անհանգստացի (mi anhangstacʻi)
• Azerbaijani: narahat olma
• Catalan: no et preocupis, no es preocupi
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 唔緊要／唔紧要 (m⁴ gan² jiu³), 唔使擔心／唔使担心 (m⁴ sai² daam¹ sam¹), 唔使愁 (m⁴ sai² sau⁴)

  Hokkien: 毋通煩惱／毋通烦恼 (m̄-thang hoân-ló / m̄-thang hoân-hó / mang hoân-ló / mang hoân-hó), 莫煩惱／莫烦恼 (mài hoân-ló)

  Mandarin: 不要緊／不要紧 (zh) (bùyàojǐn), 不要擔心／不要担心 (bùyào dānxīn), 別擔心／别担心 (bié dānxīn)

• Cornish: na borth ahwer
• Danish: bare rolig
• Dutch: maak je geen zorgen
• Esperanto: ne zorgu
• Finnish: älä huoli
• French: ne vous inquiétez pas (fr) (formal), ne t’inquiète pas (fr) (informal), t’inquiète (fr)
• Galician: non te preocupes
• Georgian: ნუ ღელავ (nu ɣelav), არ ინერვიულო (ar inerviulo), ნუ წუხხარ (nu c̣uxxar)
• German: machen Sie sich keine Sorgen (formal), mach dir keine Sorgen (informal), keine Sorge, keine Angst
• Gujarati: ચિંતા ના કરીશ (cintā nā karīś)
• Hungarian: ne aggódj (informal), ne aggódjon (formal)
• Indonesian: jangan khawatir
• Italian: non preoccuparti, non preoccupatevi, non si preoccupi (formal), non temere, non temete, non tema (formal)
• Japanese: 心配しないでください (ja) (shinpai shinaide kudasai), 気にしないで (ja) (ki ni shinaide) (casual)
• Kazakh: қайғырма (qaiğyrma)
• Khmer: ពុំបារម្ភ (pum baarɑm), ពុំបាច់ (pum bac), វ្ហីទៅ (vhii tɨv), អត់បើអ្វីទេ (’ɑt baə ’vǝy tee), អត់អី (’ɑt ’əy)
• Korean: 걱정하지 마요 (geokjeonghaji mayo) standard, 걱정마 (geokjeongma) informal, 걱정 마세요 (geokjeong maseyo) formal
• Malay: jangan risau
• Ojibwe: gego babaamendangen?
• Polish: nie martw się
• Portuguese: não se preocupe, não te preocupes
• Romanian: (familiar) nu-ți face griji, (polite) nu vă faceți griji
• Russian: не волну́йтесь (ru) (ne volnújtesʹ) (formal), не волну́йся (ru) (ne volnújsja) (informal), не беспоко́йтесь (ru) (ne bespokójtesʹ) (formal), не беспоко́йся (ru) (ne bespokójsja) (informal)
• Scottish Gaelic: na gabh dragh
• Spanish: descuida (es) (informal), no te preocupes (informal), pierde cuidado
• Swedish: oroa dig inte, det är lugnt (sv)
• Tagalog: huwag mag-alala
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: endişelenme (tr)

See also

• I'm worried
• no worries