Controversy
//kənˈtɹɒv.ə.si//
Translations of "controversy" (45 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | ἀμφισβήτησις(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | amphisbḗtēsis | |
| Arabic | جَدَل(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | jadal | |
| Armenian | վեճ(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), վիճաբանություն(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | več, vičabanutʻyun | |
| Basque | eztabaida(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Belarusian | спор(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), спрэ́чка(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | spor, spréčka | |
| Bulgarian | диску́сия(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), спор(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | diskúsija, spor | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 爭論 /争论(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), 爭議 /争议(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | zhēnglùn, zhēngyì | |
| Czech | kontroverze(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Dutch | controverse(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Esperanto | disputado(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), polemiko(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Estonian | vaidlus(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), vastuolu(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Finnish | kiista(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), sanaharkka(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| French | controverse(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), polémique(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Galician | controversia(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| German | Kontroverse(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), Meinungsverschiedenheit(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Greek | διαμάχη(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | diamáchi | |
| Hebrew | חילוקי דעות(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), מחלוקת(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | khiluqei de'ot, makhloqet | |
| Hindi | विवाद(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | vivād | |
| Hungarian | polémia(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), vita(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Indonesian | kontroversi(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), perdebatan(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Italian | controversia(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Japanese | 論争(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | ronsō | |
| Korean | 논의(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), 논쟁(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), 토론(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | nonui, nonjaeng, toron | |
| Latin | contrōversia(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Latvian | kontroversija(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), polemika(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Malay | kontroversi(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Māori | whiuwhiu kupu(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | جدال(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | cidal | |
| Persian | هم ستیزی(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Polish | spór(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Portuguese | controvérsia(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), polêmica(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Romanian | controversă(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), discuție(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), dispută(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Russian | диску́ссия(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), разногла́сия(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), спор(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | diskússija, raznoglásija, spor | |
| Sanskrit | वादयुद्ध(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), विवाद(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | vādayuddha, vivāda | |
| Scottish Gaelic | connsachadh(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), connspaid(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | kontrovèrza(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), kontrovèrzija(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Spanish | controversia(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), cuestión batallona(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), manzana de la discordia(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), polémica(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), trabacuenta(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Swedish | kontrovers(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Tagalog | kontrobersiya(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Thai | การวิวาท(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), การโต้เถียง(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | wí-wâat | |
| Tibetan | རྙོག་ཁྲ(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), རྩོད་པ(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), རྩོད་རྙོག(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | rnyog khra, rtsod pa, rtsod rnyog | |
| Turkish | anlaşmazlık(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), cidal(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), ihtilaf(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), münazara(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), tartışma(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), uyuşmazlık(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Ukrainian | спір(debate, discussion of opposing opinions), супере́ка(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | spir, superéka | |
| Vietnamese | tranh cãi(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — | |
| Welsh | dadl(debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | — |
eztabaida
kontroverze
controverse
disputado, polemiko
vaidlus, vastuolu
kiista, sanaharkka
controverse, polémique
controversia
Kontroverse, Meinungsverschiedenheit
polémia, vita
kontroversi, perdebatan
controversia
contrōversia
kontroversija, polemika
kontroversi
whiuwhiu kupu
هم ستیزی
spór
controvérsia, polêmica
controversă, discuție, dispută
connsachadh, connspaid
kontrovèrza, kontrovèrzija
controversia, cuestión batallona, manzana de la discordia, polémica, trabacuenta
kontrovers
kontrobersiya
anlaşmazlık, cidal, ihtilaf, münazara, tartışma, uyuşmazlık
tranh cãi
dadl
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