call the police

English

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Phrase

call the police

1. Use a telephone to request the arrival of a police officer.

Translations

call the police

• Arabic: أُطْلُب الشُّرْطَة (ʔuṭlub aš-šurṭa), نَاد الشُّرْطَة (nād aš-šurṭa)
• Belarusian: вы́клічце палі́цыю (výkličcje palícyju)
• Bulgarian: оба́ди се на поли́цията (obádi se na polícijata), оба́дете се на поли́цията (obádete se na polícijata)
• Catalan: truca la policia, crida la policia
• Cebuano: tawga ang polis
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 叫警察 (kiò kèng-chhat / kiò kéng-chhat), 叫馬打 / 叫马打 (kiò má-tâ / kiò mā-tà), 叫兵 (kiò phiaⁿ), 報兵 / 报兵 (pò-phiaⁿ), 叫大人 (kiò tāi-lîn)

  Mandarin: 叫警察 (jiào jǐngchá), 報警 / 报警 (zh) (bàojǐng)

• Czech: zavolejte policii
• Danish: ring efter politiet
• Dutch: bel de politie
• Estonian: kutsuge politsei
• Finnish: soittakaa poliisi
• French: appelez la police
• Galician: chame a policía
• Georgian: დაურეკეთ პოლიციას (daureḳet ṗolicias), გამოიძახეთ პოლიცია (gamoiʒaxet ṗolicia)
• German: ruf die Polizei (informal, singular), ruft die Polizei (informal, plural), rufen Sie die Polizei (formal)
• Greek: κάλεσε την αστυνομία (kálese tin astynomía)
• Gujarati: પોલીસને બોલાવો (polīsne bolāvo)
• Hebrew: הזעיקו משטרה (haz-iku mishtarah)
• Hindi: पुलिस को बुलाओ (pulis ko bulāo)
• Hungarian: hívja a rendőrséget (formal), hívd a rendőrséget (informal)
• Ido: telefonez la policistaro
• Ilocano: tawagan ti polis
• Indonesian: panggil polisi
• Irish: glaoigh ar na gardaí
• Italian: chiami la polizia
• Japanese: 警察を呼んでください (けいさつをよんでください, keisatsu o yonde kudasai)
• Kazakh: полицияны шақырыңыз (polisiäny şaqyryñyz)
• Khmer: ជួយហៅប៉ូលិសមក (cuəy haw poulih mɔɔk)
• Korean: 경찰을 불러주세요 (gyeongchar-eul bulleojuseyo), 경찰을 불러요 (gyeongchar-eul bulleoyo)
• Latin: dēnuntiātōrēs vocā, (to multiple people) dēnuntiātōrēs vocāte
• Latvian: izsauciet policiju
• Lithuanian: iškvieskite policiją
• Marathi: पोलिसांना बोलव (polisānnā bolav), पोलिसांना बोलवा (polisānnā bolvā), पोलिसांना फोन कर (polisānnā phon kar), पोलिसांना फोन करा (polisānnā phon karā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ring politiet

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: بِه پُلیس زَنْگ بِزَن (be polis zang bezan)

• Polish: proszę wezwać policję, zadzwoń po policję
• Portuguese: chame a polícia, ligue para a polícia
• Romanian: chemați poliția (formal), cheamă poliția (informal)
• Russian: вы́зовите поли́цию (výzovite políciju)
• Scots: phone thi polis
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зовите полицију

  Roman: zovite policiju

• Slovak: zavolajte políciu
• Spanish: (formal) llame a la policía, (tuteo) llama a la policía, (voseo) llamá a la policía
• Swedish: ring polisen
• Tagalog: tumawag ka ng pulis, tawag ka ng pulis
• Thai: เรียกตำรวจ (rîiak dtam-rùuat)
• Turkish: polisi çağırin (formal), polisi çağır (informal)
• Ukrainian: ви́кличте полі́цію (výklyčte políciju)
• Urdu: پولِیس کو بُلاو (polīs ko bulāo)
• Vietnamese: xin gọi cảnh sát (吀噲警察)
• Welsh: galwch yr heddlu
• Zazaki: veyndê polisan pl