Meanings
- Used to indicate that somebody does not wish to be disturbed, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door, or a "busy" mode of an instant messenger.
Translations
Arabic لَا تُزْعِجْ, لَا تُزْعِجِي
- لَا تُزْعِجْ (lā tuzʕij)do not disturb
- لَا تُزْعِجِي (lā tuzʕijī)do not disturb
- لَا تُزْعِجَا (lā tuzʕijā)do not disturb
- لَا تُزْعِجُوا (lā tuzʕijū)do not disturb
- لَا تُزْعِجْنَ (lā tuzʕijna)do not disturb
Chinese Mandarin 請勿打擾 /请勿打扰
- 請勿打擾 /请勿打扰 (qǐng wù dǎrǎo)do not disturb
Danish må ikke forstyrres, forstyr ikke
- må ikke forstyrresdo not disturb
- forstyr ikkedo not disturb
Dutch niet storen
- niet storendo not disturb
Finnish ei saa häiritä, älä häiritse
- ei saa häiritädo not disturb
- älä häiritsedo not disturb
French ne pas déranger
- ne pas dérangerdo not disturb
German nicht stören, bitte nicht stören
- nicht störendo not disturb
- bitte nicht störendo not disturb
Greek μην ενοχλείτε
- μην ενοχλείτε (min enochleíte)do not disturb
Hindi बाधा न डालें, परेशान न करें
- बाधा न डालें (bādhā na ḍālẽ)do not disturb
- परेशान न करें (pareśān na karẽ)do not disturb
- व्याकुल न करें (vyākul na karẽ)do not disturb
Hungarian ne zavarjanak
- ne zavarjanakdo not disturb
Japanese 起こさないで下さい
- 起こさないで下さい (okosanaide kudasai)do not disturb
Malay jangan ganggu, jangan kacau
- jangan ganggudo not disturb
- jangan kacaudo not disturb
Polish nie przeszkadzać
- nie przeszkadzaćdo not disturb
Portuguese não incomode, não perturbe
- não incomodedo not disturb
- não perturbedo not disturb
Romanian nu deranja
- nu deranjado not disturb
Russian не беспоко́ить, про́сьба не беспоко́ить
- не беспоко́ить (ne bespokóitʹ)do not disturb
- про́сьба не беспоко́ить (prósʹba ne bespokóitʹ)do not disturb
Spanish no molestar
- no molestardo not disturb
Swedish stör ej, stör inte
- stör ejdo not disturb
- stör intedo not disturb
Tagalog huwag mang-estorbo, bawal mang-estorbo
- huwag mang-estorbodo not disturb
- bawal mang-estorbodo not disturb
Tamil தொந்தரவு செய்யாதீர்
- தொந்தரவு செய்யாதீர் (tontaravu ceyyātīr)do not disturb
Turkish rahatsız etmeyin
- rahatsız etmeyindo not disturb
Ukrainian не турбува́ти
- не турбува́ти (ne turbuváty)do not disturb
Cite this entry
do not disturb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20not%20disturb
“do not disturb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20not%20disturb. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “do not disturb,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20not%20disturb.
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