to defend oneself, plea · to excuse oneself, justify oneself, explain oneself · to apologize
çekim: geçmiş απολογήθηκα · şimdiki απολογείται - απολογιέται · ulaç απολογούμενος
eş: δικαιολογούμαι, also see Alternatives
köken: Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai), contracted form of ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in one’s defense”). * Sense for απολογούμαι in Cypriot idiom: usage borrowed from English apologize. * Also see λέγω (“to say”)
Δεν πιστεύω πως πρέπει να απολογηθώ για ό,τι έκανα, ούτε να να δικαιολογηθώ σε κανέναν!
köken: xin (“to beg”) + lỗi (“mistake”). The literal meaning of these two words is "to beg for someone's mistake", which some people might consider strange. It's possibly a shortened form of the more outdated literary form xin thứ lỗi/xin tha lỗi.
Xin lỗi, tớ không cố ý.
Xin lỗi, cho hỏi đây có phải là nhà anh Tiến không ạ?