call the police

phrase

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

Meanings

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

Translations

Arabic أُطْلُب الشُّرْطَة, نَاد الشُّرْطَة
  • أُطْلُب الشُّرْطَة (ʔuṭlub aš-šurṭa)call the police
  • نَاد الشُّرْطَة (nād aš-šurṭa)call the police
Bulgarian оба́ди се на поли́цията, оба́дете се на поли́цията
  • оба́ди се на поли́цията (obádi se na polícijata)call the police
  • оба́дете се на поли́цията (obádete se na polícijata)call the police
Catalan truca la policia, crida la policia
  • truca la policiacall the police
  • crida la policiacall the police
Chinese Cantonese 報警 /报警, 叫警察
  • 報警 /报警 (bou³ ging²)call the police
  • 叫警察 (giu³ ging² caat³)call the police
Chinese Mandarin 叫警察, 報警 /报警
  • 叫警察 (jiào jǐngchá)call the police
  • 報警 /报警 (bàojǐng)call the police
Czech zavolejte policii
  • zavolejte policiicall the police
Danish ring efter politiet
  • ring efter politietcall the police
Dutch bel de politie
  • bel de politiecall the police
Estonian kutsuge politsei
  • kutsuge politseicall the police
Finnish soittakaa poliisi
  • soittakaa poliisicall the police
French appelez la police
  • appelez la policecall the police
German ruf die Polizei, ruft die Polizei
  • ruf die Polizeicall the police
  • ruft die Polizeicall the police
  • rufen Sie die Polizeicall the police
Greek κάλεσε την αστυνομία
  • κάλεσε την αστυνομία (kálese tin astynomía)call the police
Hebrew הזעיקו משטרה
  • הזעיקו משטרה (haz-iku mishtarah)call the police
Hindi पुलिस को बुलाओ
  • पुलिस को बुलाओ (pulis ko bulāo)call the police
Hungarian hívja a rendőrséget, hívd a rendőrséget
  • hívja a rendőrségetcall the police
  • hívd a rendőrségetcall the police
Icelandic hringdu í lögregluna
  • hringdu í lögreglunacall the police
Indonesian panggil polisi
  • panggil polisicall the police
Irish glaoigh ar na gardaí
  • glaoigh ar na gardaícall the police
Italian chiami la polizia
  • chiami la poliziacall the police
Japanese 警察を呼んでください
  • 警察を呼んでください (keisatsu o yonde kudasai)call the police
Korean 경찰을 불러주세요, 경찰을 불러요
  • 경찰을 불러주세요 (gyeongchar-eul bulleojuseyo)call the police
  • 경찰을 불러요 (gyeongchar-eul bulleoyo)call the police
Latin dēnuntiātōrēs vocā, dēnuntiātōrēs vocāte
  • dēnuntiātōrēs vocācall the police
  • dēnuntiātōrēs vocātecall the police
Latvian izsauciet policiju
  • izsauciet policijucall the police
Lithuanian iškvieskite policiją
  • iškvieskite policijącall the police
Norwegian Bokmål ring politiet
  • ring politietcall the police
Polish proszę wezwać policję, zadzwoń po policję
  • proszę wezwać policjęcall the police
  • zadzwoń po policjęcall the police
Portuguese chame a polícia, ligue para a polícia
  • chame a políciacall the police
  • ligue para a políciacall the police
Romanian chemați poliția, cheamă poliția
  • chemați polițiacall the police
  • cheamă polițiacall the police
Russian вы́зовите поли́цию
  • вы́зовите поли́цию (výzovite políciju)call the police
Slovak zavolajte políciu
  • zavolajte políciucall the police
Spanish llame a la policía, (tuteo) llama a la policía
  • llame a la policíacall the police
  • (tuteo) llama a la policíacall the police
  • llamá a la policíacall the police
Swedish ring polisen
  • ring polisencall the police
Tagalog tumawag ka ng pulis, tawag ka ng pulis
  • tumawag ka ng puliscall the police
  • tawag ka ng puliscall the police
Thai เรียกตำรวจ
  • เรียกตำรวจ (rîiak dtam-rùuat)call the police
Turkish polisi arayın, polisi ara
  • polisi arayıncall the police
  • polisi aracall the police
  • polisi çağırıncall the police
  • polisi çağırcall the police
Ukrainian ви́кличте полі́цію
  • ви́кличте полі́цію (výklyčte políciju)call the police
Urdu پولِیس کو بُلاو
  • پولِیس کو بُلاو (polīs ko bulāo)call the police
Vietnamese xin gọi cảnh sát
  • xin gọi cảnh sátcall the police
Welsh galwch yr heddlu
  • galwch yr heddlucall the police
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Chicago

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