English-Portuguese translations for forgive

• desculpar
  Peço-vos que tenham a bondade de me desculpar. I would kindly ask you to forgive me.
  Senhor Presidente, talvez me possa desculpar. Mr President, perhaps you will forgive me.
  Vai-me desculpar, mas não posso impedir a liberdade do debate. Please forgive me but I cannot hold up the debate.
• perdoar
  Se o não fizermos, os eleitores não no-lo perdoarão. If that is not done, the voters will never forgive us.
  Nesse caso, perdoar-me-á com certeza alguns testes de forma física. In that case you will surely forgive me a few body checks.
  Os contribuintes podem perdoar-nos muita coisa, mas não nos perdoarão se não tivermos qualquer resultado a apresentar-lhe em troca do dinheiro que gastámos. Taxpayers can forgive us many things, but they will not forgive us if we spend their money and have nothing to show for it.

Definition of forgive

• To pardon; to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment, retribution, or compensation
• To accord forgiveness

Examples

• Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.
• Only the brave know how to forgive...A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. - Laurence Sterne

Related words

• forgiveness
• forgiven
• forgiver
• unforgiveness
• forgive and forget
• debt forgiveness