This is the 3125th most frequent Catalan word.
perdó
"Perdó" means "forgiveness" or "excuse" in English.
Used as an apology to request a repeat due to not hearing clearly.
Perdó, pots repetir això, si us plau, no ho he entès bé.
Sorry, can you repeat that, please, I didn't understand it well.
Used to explicitly ask for forgiveness for an action committed.
Demano perdó per haver arribat tard.
I apologize for being late.
Used as a polite interjection to initiate a clarification or action while addressing someone.