Have you ever needed to tell someone to stop—whether it’s in traffic, in a game, or just to pause a conversation—and wondered how to say it in another language?
Maybe you’re traveling, writing a story, or simply curious about cross-cultural expressions.
In this guide, you’ll discover how to say “stop” in 70 different languages, learn a simple pronunciation key for each, and see an example sentence to help you use it just like a native speaker.
🌍 How to Say Stop in 70 Different Languages
Each entry shows:
Language Name (🇳🇿) – [Translation] | Pronunciation: [Simple English Pronunciation]
Example sentence.
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – ¡Alto! | Pronunciation: ahl-toh!
¡Alto! No cruces la calle. - French (🇫🇷) – Arrête ! | Pronunciation: ah-ret!
Arrête ! Tu vas tomber. - German (🇩🇪) – Stopp ! | Pronunciation: shtopp!
Stopp ! Hier darfst du nicht parken. - Italian (🇮🇹) – Fermati ! | Pronunciation: fer-mah-tee!
Fermati ! Il treno sta arrivando. - Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Pare ! | Pronunciation: pah-reh!
Pare ! O sinal ficou vermelho. - Turkish (🇹🇷) – Dur ! | Pronunciation: door!
Dur ! O yolda tehlike var. - Russian (🇷🇺) – Стой ! | Pronunciation: stoy!
Стой ! Не подходи ближе. - Chinese – Mandarin (🇨🇳) – 停 ! | Pronunciation: ting!
停 ! 别再走了。 - Japanese (🇯🇵) – やめて ! | Pronunciation: yah-meh-te!
やめて ! そこに立たないで。 - Korean (🇰🇷) – 멈춰 ! | Pronunciation: mum-chwo!
멈춰 ! 길 지나가면 위험해. - Hindi (🇮🇳) – रुको ! | Pronunciation: roo-ko!
रुको ! ट्रेन आ रही है. - Urdu (🇵🇰) – رکو ! | Pronunciation: roo-ko!
رکو ! یہ سڑک خطرناک ہے. - Arabic (🇸🇦) – قف ! | Pronunciation: qif!
قف ! لا تقترب. - Bengali (🇧🇩) – থামো ! | Pronunciation: tha-mo!
থামো ! সামনে গাড়ি আসছে. - Greek (🇬🇷) – Σταμάτα ! | Pronunciation: sta-ma-ta!
Σταμάτα ! Μην προχωράς. - Polish (🇵🇱) – Stój ! | Pronunciation: stoy!
Stój ! Nie przechodź na czerwonym. - Dutch (🇳🇱) – Stop ! | Pronunciation: stop!
Stop ! Hier is afgesloten. - Swedish (🇸🇪) – Stopp ! | Pronunciation: stopp!
Stopp ! Vägen är avstängd. - Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Stopp ! | Pronunciation: stopp!
Stopp ! Du kan ikke gå videre. - Finnish (🇫🇮) – Pysähdy ! | Pronunciation: puh-sa-hdy!
Pysähdy ! Tie on liukas. - Danish (🇩🇰) – Stop ! | Pronunciation: stop!
Stop ! Parkering forbudt. - Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Állj ! | Pronunciation: ahl-y!
Állj ! Várj a zebránál. - Czech (🇨🇿) – Stůj ! | Pronunciation: stoy!
Stůj ! Je to nebezpečné. - Romanian (🇷🇴) – Oprește-te ! | Pronunciation: oh-prehsh-teh-te!
Oprește-te ! Semaforul e roșu. - Swahili (🇰🇪) – Simama ! | Pronunciation: see-mah-mah!
Simama ! Njia imebaki umeme. - Zulu (🇿🇦) – Misa ! | Pronunciation: mee-sa!
Misa ! Ungadluli lapha. - Xhosa (🇿🇦) – Misa ! | Pronunciation: mee-sa!
Misa ! Musa ukuhamba. - Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Dừng lại ! | Pronunciation: zung-lie!
Dừng lại ! Đường trơn. - Thai (🇹🇭) – หยุด ! | Pronunciation: yud!
หยุด ! ทางนี้อันตราย. - Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Berhenti ! | Pronunciation: ber-hen-tee!
Berhenti ! Lampu merah. - Malay (🇲🇾) – Berhenti ! | Pronunciation: ber-hen-tee!
Berhenti ! Jangan teruskan. - Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Tigil ! | Pronunciation: tee-gil!
Tigil ! May sasakyan. - Esperanto (🌍) – Halti ! | Pronunciation: hal-ti!
Halti ! Ne marŝu plu. - Catalan (🇦🇩) – Atura’t ! | Pronunciation: a-tu-raht!
Atura’t ! Sona un cotxe. - Galician (🇪🇸) – Para ! | Pronunciation: pa-ra!
Para ! A luz está vermella. - Basque (🇪🇸) – Gelditu ! | Pronunciation: gel-dee-tu!
Gelditu ! Ez pasa. - Welsh (🏴) – Stopiwch ! | Pronunciation: sto-pi-ooch!
Stopiwch ! Mae’r ffordd yma’n cael ei chau. - Irish (🇮🇪) – Stad ! | Pronunciation: stad!
Stad ! Ná lean ort. - Scottish Gaelic (🏴) – Stad ! | Pronunciation: stad!
Stad ! Na cuir air adhart. - Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – E kū ! | Pronunciation: eh koo!
E kū ! ʻAʻohe hele aku. - Tamil (🇮🇳) – நிறுத்து ! | Pronunciation: ni-rut-thoo!
நிறுத்து ! கார் வேகமாக வருகிறது. - Telugu (🇮🇳) – నిలి ! | Pronunciation: ni-li!
నిలి ! రహదారిలో ప్రమాదం ఉంది. - Kannada (🇮🇳) – ನಿಲ್ಲಿ ! | Pronunciation: nil-li!
ನಿಲ್ಲಿ ! ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರು ಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ. - Gujarati (🇮🇳) – રોકો ! | Pronunciation: ro-ko!
રોકો ! નહોંધી જોડે નહીં. - Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਰੁਕੋ ! | Pronunciation: roo-ko!
ਰੁਕੋ ! ਸੜਕ ਖਤਰਨਾਕ ਹੈ. - Marathi (🇮🇳) – थांब ! | Pronunciation: thaanb!
थांब ! गाडी येत आहे. - Sinhala (🇱🇰) – නවත්වන්න ! | Pronunciation: na-wath-wa-nnai!
නවත්වන්න ! පාර තදයි. - Nepali (🇳🇵) – रोक ! | Pronunciation: rok!
रोक ! यातायात व्यस्त छ. - Pashto (🇦🇫) – ودریږه ! | Pronunciation: wa-dree-zhah!
ودریږه ! لار ډیره خطرناکه ده. - Persian (🇮🇷) – ایست ! | Pronunciation: ist!
ایست ! اونور خیابان نرو. - Kurdish (🇹🇯) – Rawesta ! | Pronunciation: ra-wes-ta!
Rawesta ! Çiyayê xweş e. - Hebrew (🇮🇱) – עצור ! | Pronunciation: ah-tzor!
עצור ! אל תמשיך. - Amharic (🇪🇹) – ቆም ! | Pronunciation: qom!
ቆም ! መንገድ አደገኛ ነው. - Somali (🇸🇴) – Joogso ! | Pronunciation: joog-so!
Joogso ! Waddada waa cidhiidhi. - Hausa (🇳🇬) – Tsaya ! | Pronunciation: tsa-ya!
Tsaya ! Ba ka iya wucewa. - Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Duro ! | Pronunciation: doo-ro!
Duro ! Okọ n bọ. - Igbo (🇳🇬) – Kwụsị ! | Pronunciation: kweh-shee!
Kwụsị ! Ịga n’ihu ga-emerụọ. - Maori (🇳🇿) – Kāti ! | Pronunciation: kaa-tee!
Kāti ! Kaua e haere tonu. - Samoan (🇼🇸) – Taofi ! | Pronunciation: tao-fee!
Taofi ! Aua le alu. - Tongan (🇹🇴) – Taofi ! | Pronunciation: tao-fee!
Taofi ! koe ʻe ʻalu. - Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Зогс ! | Pronunciation: zogs!
Зогс ! Автомашин ирж байна. - Lao (🇱🇦) – ຢຸດ ! | Pronunciation: yud!
ຢຸດ ! ທາງນີ້ອັນຕະລາຍ. - Khmer (🇰🇭) – ឈប់ ! | Pronunciation: chuop!
ឈប់ ! កុំដើរទៅមុខ. - Burmese (🇲🇲) – ရပ်နေ ! | Pronunciation: yat-nay!
ရပ်နေ ! လမ်းတွေ့မိုက်ပါ. - Tajik (🇹🇯) – Ист ! | Pronunciation: ist!
Ист ! Худро назди замин нигоҳ дор. - Uzbek (🇺🇿) – To‘xtang ! | Pronunciation: tokh-tang!
To‘xtang ! Yo‘l xavfli. - Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Тоқта ! | Pronunciation: toh-kta!
Тоқта ! Жолдың ортасында тұрма. - Georgian (🇬🇪) – ჩერდი ! | Pronunciation: cher-di!
ჩერდი ! გზა სლიდარია. - Armenian (🇦🇲) – Դադարի ! | Pronunciation: da-da-ri!
Դադարի ! Նախխաղ վտանգավոր է. - Maltese (🇲🇹) – Waqqaf ! | Pronunciation: waq-qaf!
Waqqaf ! Triq imblukkata.
🌟 Conclusion
No matter where you are, a firm “stop” is clear across cultures—and now you know how to say it in 70 tongues!
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