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Learning to say sorry is one of the first steps to polite communication! In this crossword, you’ll practice essential Spanish words and phrases used when apologizing, such as perdón and lo siento. Whether you bumped into someone or made a small mistake, knowing how to apologize in Spanish will help you feel more confident from day one.
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. Sincere, honest person
- 7. Sincerely, honestly
- 9. Forgiveness, pardon
- 10. To blame someone
- 11. To repent, to feel remorse
- 12. Way, manner of acting
- 13. Word, promise given
Down
- 1. To feel, to be sorry
- 2. To recognize, to acknowledge
- 3. To want desire
- 4. Resentment, lingering anger
- 5. To apologize, to excuse oneself
- 6. Understanding, comprehension
- 8. To compensate, to make up for
Answers
Show the answers
Across
- 1. Sincere, honest person → sincero
- 7. Sincerely, honestly → sinceramente
- 9. Forgiveness, pardon → perdon
- 10. To blame someone → culpar
- 11. To repent, to feel remorse → arrepentirse
- 12. Way, manner of acting → manera
- 13. Word, promise given → palabra
Down
- 1. To feel, to be sorry → sentir
- 2. To recognize, to acknowledge → reconocer
- 3. To want desire → querer
- 4. Resentment, lingering anger → resentimiento
- 5. To apologize, to excuse oneself → disculparse
- 6. Understanding, comprehension → comprension
- 8. To compensate, to make up for → compensar
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