Violate in different languages

Violate in Different Languages

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Violate


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Afrikaans
oortree
Albanian
shkelin
Amharic
መጣስ
Arabic
ينتهك
Armenian
խախտել
Assamese
উলংঘা কৰা
Aymara
jan walt’ayaña
Azerbaijani
pozmaq
Bambara
ka sariya tiɲɛ
Basque
bortxatu
Belarusian
парушаць
Bengali
লঙ্ঘন করা
Bhojpuri
उल्लंघन करे के बा
Bosnian
prekršiti
Bulgarian
нарушават
Catalan
violar
Cebuano
makalapas
Chinese (Simplified)
违反
Chinese (Traditional)
違反
Corsican
viulà
Croatian
prekršiti
Czech
porušit
Danish
overtræder
Dhivehi
ޚިލާފުވުން
Dogri
उल्लंघन करना
Dutch
schenden
English
violate
Esperanto
malobservi
Estonian
rikkuma
Ewe
da le se dzi
Filipino (Tagalog)
lumabag
Finnish
rikkoa
French
violer
Frisian
oertrêdzje
Galician
violar
Georgian
არღვევს
German
verletzen
Greek
παραβιάζω
Guarani
oviola haguã
Gujarati
ઉલ્લંઘન
Haitian Creole
vyole
Hausa
keta
Hawaiian
hana ʻino
Hebrew
לְהָפֵר
Hindi
का उल्लंघन
Hmong
ua txhaum
Hungarian
megsérteni
Icelandic
brjóta
Igbo
mebie
Ilocano
aglabsing
Indonesian
melanggar
Irish
sárú
Italian
violare
Japanese
違反する
Javanese
nglanggar
Kannada
ಉಲ್ಲಂಘಿಸಿ
Kazakh
бұзу
Khmer
រំលោភ
Kinyarwanda
kurenga
Konkani
उल्लंघन करप
Korean
위반하다
Krio
fɔ pwɛl di lɔ
Kurdish
birînkirin
Kurdish (Sorani)
پێشێلکردن
Kyrgyz
бузуу
Lao
ລະເມີດ
Latin
irrita faceremus
Latvian
pārkāpt
Lingala
kobuka mobeko
Lithuanian
pažeisti
Luganda
okumenya amateeka
Luxembourgish
verletzen
Macedonian
кршат
Maithili
उल्लंघन करब
Malagasy
mandika
Malay
melanggar
Malayalam
ലംഘിക്കുക
Maltese
tikser
Maori
takahi
Marathi
उल्लंघन
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫
Mizo
bawhchhiat a ni
Mongolian
зөрчих
Myanmar (Burmese)
ချိုးဖောက်
Nepali
उल्लंघन गर्नुहोस्
Norwegian
bryte
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kuphwanya
Odia (Oriya)
ଉଲ୍ଲଂଘନ କରନ୍ତୁ |
Oromo
cabsuu
Pashto
سرغړونه
Persian
نقض
Polish
naruszać
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
violar
Punjabi
ਉਲੰਘਣਾ
Quechua
violar
Romanian
încălca
Russian
нарушать
Samoan
soli
Sanskrit
उल्लङ्घनम्
Scots Gaelic
violate
Sepedi
roba molao
Serbian
прекршити
Sesotho
tlola
Shona
kutyora
Sindhi
خلاف ورزي
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
උල්ලං .නය කරන්න
Slovak
porušovať
Slovenian
kršijo
Somali
ku xad gudub
Spanish
violar
Sundanese
ngalanggar
Swahili
kukiuka
Swedish
kränka
Tagalog (Filipino)
lumabag
Tajik
вайрон кардан
Tamil
மீறு
Tatar
бозу
Telugu
ఉల్లంఘించండి
Thai
ละเมิด
Tigrinya
ምጥሓስ ምዃኑ’ዩ።
Tsonga
ku tlula nawu
Turkish
ihlal etmek
Turkmen
bozmak
Twi (Akan)
bu mmara so
Ukrainian
порушувати
Urdu
خلاف ورزی کرنا
Uyghur
خىلاپلىق قىلىش
Uzbek
buzmoq
Vietnamese
xâm phạm
Welsh
torri
Xhosa
yaphula
Yiddish
אָנרירן
Yoruba
ṣẹ
Zulu
ukwephula umthetho

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
Afrikaans"Oortree" is related to "overtreden" (to transgress) and "overtreed" (to commit a crime). However, it also derives from the obsolete word "ortreden" (to tread on), which suggests a physical violation.
AlbanianThe word "shkelin" in Albanian comes from the Latin word "scalere", meaning "to climb". It also has the alternate meaning of "to transgress".
AmharicThe verb "መጣስ" also has the meaning "touch" in Amharic, and is related to the noun "ጣስ", which means "finger".
ArabicThe verb "ينتهك" shares the root with the noun "المُنتهَك" meaning "a breach", hence signifying a "transgression" or "violation".
ArmenianArmenian խախտել means "disturb" and "break" too, which have the same Latin origin (rumpere) as "rupture".
AzerbaijaniThe word "pozmaq" in Azerbaijani also means "to spoil" or "to waste".
BelarusianThe word "парушаць" in Belarusian also has the alternate meaning of "to break" when talking about objects or rules.
Bengaliলঙ্ঘন করা also means "transgression" or "breach" in Bengali.
Bosnian"Prekršiti" is a verb in Bosnian that can also mean "to trespass" or "to infringe upon."
BulgarianThe Bulgarian word "нарушават" also means "to interfere with" or "to disturb the peace."
CatalanIn Catalan, "violar" can also mean "to play the viola"
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CroatianThe word "prekršiti" in Croatian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*prěkъrstiti", meaning "to cross over". It can also mean "to infringe upon" or "to break".
CzechThe word "porušit" in Czech also means "to break" or "to infringe upon".
DanishThe word "overtræder" can also mean "to cross" or "to break".
DutchThe verb "schenden" also means "to harm, injure, or damage" in Dutch.
EsperantoEsperanto "malobservi" is the antonym of "observi" (to observe), and is derived from the Latin "malus" (bad) and "observare" (to observe).
EstonianThe word
FinnishThe word "rikkoa" can also mean "to break" or "to destroy".
GalicianIn Galician, "violar" can also mean "to play the violin" or "to infringe a law or rule".
GermanWhile 'verletzen' means 'violate', it can also refer to physical injury or damage.
Greek"Παραβιάζω" also means "to exceed a speed limit".
Gujaratiઉલ્લંઘન primarily means infringement or transgression and is an abstract noun.
HausaHausa “keta” is thought to be related to the word for “break”, but can also mean “steal”, or “defile”.
HebrewThe verb 'לְהָפֵר' ('lah-peer') in Hebrew can also mean 'to annul' or 'to break' (a law, contract, or covenant).
Hindi"का उल्लंघन" is derived from the Sanskrit word "langhan" meaning "to transgress" or "to jump over".
Hmong"Ua txhaum" is a Hmong word that also means "to break".
HungarianThe verb "megsérteni" in Hungarian, meaning "to violate", has several derivatives, including "sérteni" (to hurt) and "sérülés" (injury).
IcelandicThe word "brjóta" in Icelandic can also mean "break", "snap", or "disrupt".
IndonesianThe word 'melanggar' in Indonesian has its roots in the Old Javanese word 'langgar', meaning 'to cross a boundary'.
Italian"Violare" also means to "transgress" or "break" and comes from the Latin "violare," meaning "to treat with violence," and from "vis," meaning "force, violence."
JapaneseThe verb 違反する can also mean 'to infringe', 'to contravene', or 'to transgress'.
Javanese"Nglanggar" also means "crossing over" in Javanese, referring to a river or other boundary.
Kazakh"Бұзу" can also mean "to break" or "to spoil" in Kazakh.
KhmerThe word "រំលោភ" (violate) in Khmer is derived from the Sanskrit word "lobha" (greed, desire).
KoreanThe Sino-Korean word 위반하다 is derived from the Chinese characters 違反, which mean 'to go against'. It can also be used to mean 'to trespass' or 'to infringe'.
KurdishThe word 'birînkirin' is derived from the Kurdish word 'birîn' ('wound') and the suffix '-kirin' ('to make'), meaning literally 'to make a wound' or 'to wound'.
KyrgyzБузуу, meaning "violate" in Kyrgyz, also means "to become entangled" or "to have a fight".
Latin"Irritare" literally means "to provoke" (as in "irritation") or to "make vain," in this case a promise.
LatvianPārkāpt comes from the verb “kāpt”, meaning “to step”, hence “pārkāpt” could also mean “to step across (or over)."
LithuanianLithuanian word "pažeisti" derives from "žeidimui", a medieval injury payment based on social class.
LuxembourgishThe Luxembourgish word "verletzen" is derived from the Middle High German word "verlêzen", which means "to cause to lose" or "to damage".
MacedonianThe Slavic root *krŭšiti ('to crush, break') also yields Old Church Slavonic крѹшьтѫ (
MalagasyThe Malagasy word
MalayMelanggar can also mean 'to commit a crime' or 'to cross a line' in Malay.
MalayalamThe word 'ലംഘിക്കുക' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'langh', which means 'to jump' or 'to stride'.
Maltese"Tikser" can also mean "tick", "twitch" or "touch" in Maltese.
MaoriThe word takahi is a loanword from Cook Island Maori, where it means "strong" or "powerful"
MarathiIn Sanskrit, 'उल्लंघन' can also mean 'to leap over' or 'to transgress'.
Mongolian"Зөрчих" is also used to refer to the act of breaking a law, rule, or agreement.
NorwegianBryte is also used in Norwegian to describe the act of 'breaking' something, like a rule or a contract.
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "kuphwanya" in Nyanja (Chichewa) can also mean "to destroy" or "to break" something.
PashtoThe word "سرغړونه" is also used in Pashto to describe the act of breaking a rule or law.
Persian"نقض" originally meant 'to loosen' or 'to undo'
PolishThe word "naruszać" also means "to trespass" or "to encroach".
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)Portuguese "violar" comes from Latin "violare", meaning "to outrage, defile, or destroy".
PunjabiIn some contexts, "ਉਲੰਘਣਾ" can also mean "to transgress" or "to break a rule or boundary."
RomanianThe word "încălca" in Romanian can also mean "to transgress" or "to infringe".
RussianThe verb also has the connotation of "to break" or "to infringe" and can be used in a variety of contexts, including legal, ethical, and social.
SamoanThe word "soli" can also mean "to wound" or "to injure" in Samoan.
Scots GaelicIn Scots Gaelic, 'violate' means 'to defile' or 'to pollute' in addition to 'to violate'.
SerbianThe Serbian word "прекршити" ultimately derives from the Proto-Slavic root *perk-, meaning "to pass over".
SesothoThe word "tlola" can also mean "to break" or "to transgress".
ShonaThe word "kutyora" could mean either "deflower" or "to remove the first fruit from a tree"}
SindhiThe word "خلاف ورزي" (violate) comes from Persian and also means "opposition" or "disobedience".
SlovakThe word "porušovať" comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "porušiti", meaning "to destroy".
Slovenian"Kršijo" can also mean "transgress,""infringe upon," or "disobey."
Somali"Ku xad gudub" can also mean to invade, infringe, or trespass.
Sundanese"Ngalanggar" can also mean "to jump over" or "to cross" in Sundanese.
SwahiliThe word 'kukiuka' in Swahili is derived from the Arabic word 'al-hukku' which means 'the right' or 'the just'
SwedishKränka can also mean "to abuse" or "to insult" in Swedish.
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "lumabag" in Tagalog is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "*labag", which means "to transgress" or "to violate."
TajikIn Farsi, the word "vayron kardan" also means "to cause great harm or injustice to someone."
TamilThe Tamil word "மீறு" can also mean "to exceed" or "to surpass."
ThaiIn Thai, the word "ละเมิด" also means to "violate a law", "transgress", or "break a contract".
Turkish"İhlal etmek" kelimenin kökeni Arapça "halel" sözüdür ve anlamı "bozma, yırtma veya delme, hasar verme"
UkrainianThe Ukrainian word "порушувати" can also mean "to disturb" or "to interrupt".
UzbekThe Uzbek word "buzmoq" also means "to break" or "to smash" something.
VietnameseThe word "xâm phạm" is a Sino-Vietnamese compound that contains the classifier "xâm" and the verb "phạm", and it usually refers to violations of someone's rights or an authority figure's rules.
WelshThe word "torri" is related to the Welsh word "torriad", meaning "an assault; a siege; a spoil."
XhosaThe Xhosa word "yaphula" also means "to break a law or rule" or "to offend against morality or decency."
YiddishIn Yiddish, the word "אָנרירן" (onriren) can also mean "to touch or handle" something.
Yoruba"Ṣẹ" also means "offend" or "insult".
ZuluThe word "ukwephula umthetho" in Zulu can also mean "to break the law" or "to transgress".
English"Violate" has roots in Latin meaning "to abuse, injure, or defile" and can refer to breaking the law, a treaty, or a trust.

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