I hope you never have to use this phrase, but here it is, just in case.
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bel die polisie! |
| Albanian | Thirrni policinë! |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | (naadi ššariṭah) ناد الشرطة! |
| Arabic (Egyptian) | (itaṣṣal bil bulees) إتّصل بالبوليس! |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (ʿayyeṭ ʿla lbūlīs) عيط علي البوليس! |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Ոստիկան կանչե'ք: (Vostikan kanchek’) |
| Bengali | পুলিশে ডাকুন! (pulishe ḍakun!) পুলিশে ডাক দিন! (pulishe ḍak din!) |
| Bulgarian | Извикайте полицията (Izvikayte policijata!) |
| Catalan | Truca la policia! |
| Chamorro | Agang I polisia! |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 叫警察! (giùh gíngchaàht) 報警! (bou gíng) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 叫警察! (jiào jǐngchá) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) | 叫警察! (gio ging-tsad) |
| Croatian | Pozovite policiju! |
| Czech | Zavolejte policii! |
| Danish | Ring efter politiet! |
| Dutch | Bel de politie! Haal de politie! Roep de politie! |
| Esperanto | Voku la policon! |
| Estonian | Kutsuge politsei! |
| Faroese | Ringið eftir løgregluni! |
| Finnish | Soittakaa poliisille! Soittakaa poliisi! |
| French | Appelle la police ! (inf) Appelez la police ! (frm) |
| Frisian (West) | Rop de polysje! |
| Friulian | Telefone la polizìe! |
| Galician | Chama á policía! |
| Georgian | პოლიცია გამოიძახეთ!
(policia gamoiżaxet!) პოლიცია გამოიძახე! (policia gamoiżaxe!) |
| German | Ruf die Polizei! (inf) Rufen Sie die Polizei! (frm) |
| Greek | Φώναξε τὴν ἀστυνομία
(Fónaxe tin astinomía) - inf Φωνᾶξτε τὴν ἀστυνομία! (Fonáxte tin astinomía!) - frm |
| Greenlandic | Politiimik kalerriigitsi! |
| Hausa | Kira yan sanda! |
| Hebrew | (haz-iku mishtarah!) הזעיקו משטרה! |
| Hungarian | Hívja azonnal a rendőrséget! |
| Icelandic | Náið í lögregluna! |
| Indonesian | Panggil polisi! |
| Inuktitut | ᐳᑭᖅᑕ ᓖ ᓯᕙᓂᕐᒋᑦ Pukiqtaliit hivanirlugit! ᐳᓖᓯ ᓯᕙᓂᕐᒋᑦ Puliisi sivanirlugit! |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Glaoigh na gardaí/póilíní! Cuir fios ar na gardaí/póilíní! |
| Italian | Chiama la polizia!
(inf)
Chiami la polizia!
(frm/sg) Chiamate la polizia! (inf) Chiamino la polizia! (frm/pl) |
| Japanese | 警察を呼んでください! (keisatsu o yonde kudasai!) |
| Kazakh | Полицияны шақырыңыз! (Polïcïyanı şaqırıñız!) |
| Lao | ຊ່ອຍເອີ້ນຕໍາຫລວດແດ່! (suay ôen tem-lùat dae!) |
| Latvian | Izsauciet policiju! |
| Limburgish | Rope de plissie! |
| Lithuanian | Iškvieskite policija! Skambinkite policijai! |
| Luxembourgish | Rufft d'Police! |
| Macedonian | Викни полиција!
(Vikni politsia) - inf Повикај полиција! (Povikay politsia) - inf Викнете полиција! (Viknete policija) - frm Повикајте полиција (Povikayte politsia) - frm |
| Manx | Cur fys er ny poleenyn! |
| Mongolian | Цагдаа дуудаарай! (Tsagdaa duudaarai!) |
| Nepali | प्रहरी बोलाउनुहोस् (prahari bolaunuhos) |
| Norweign | Ring politiet! |
| Occitan | Sona la polícia! (inf) Sonatz la polícia! (frm) |
| Plautdietsch | Roop dee Po'liess! |
| Persian | (poliso xabar konid) پليسو خبر کنيد |
| Polish | Proszę zadzwonić po Policję! (frm) Zadzwoń po policję (inf) |
| Portuguese | Chame a polícia! |
| Romanian | Chemaţi poliţia! |
| Russian | Позвоните в милицию! (Pozvonite v militsiju) |
| Scots | Caw on the polis! |
| Scottish (Gaelic) | Fònadh chun a' phoileis! |
| Serbian | Позовите полицију!
(Pozovite policiju!) Позовите милицију! (Pozovite miliciju!) |
| Shona | Daiidzayi mapurisa! |
| Slovak | Zavolajte políciu! |
| Slovenian | Poklici policijo! (inf) Poklicite policijo! (frm) |
| Spanish | ¡Llame a la policía! |
| Stellingwarfs | Roep 'e pelisie! |
| Swahili | Mwite polisi! |
| Swedish | Ring polisen!
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| Tagalog | Tumáwag ka ng pulis! |
| Tswana | Bitsa podisi! |
| Turkish | Polis çağırın! |
| Thai | เรียกตำรวจมา (rêe-uk dtum-ròo-ut mah) |
| Ukrainian | Викличте міліцію (Vyklyčte militsiyu) |
| Urdu | (police ko bula) پولیس کو بولا |
| Uzbek | Mirshabni chaqiring! |
| Vietnamaese | Xin gọi cảnh sát! |
| Welsh | Galw'r heddlu! |
| Yiddish | (Ruf di Politsey) רוף די פּאָליציי! |
| Xhosa | Biza amapolisa! |
| Zulu | Biza amaphoyisa! |
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