Obligation
//ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩//
Translations of "obligation" (52 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | do bërë(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Arabic | فَرِيضَة(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), وَاجِب(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), وَظِيفَة(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | farīḍa, wājib, waẓīfa | |
| Armenian | պարտականություն(social, legal, or moral requirement), պարտավորություն(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | partakanutʻyun, partavorutʻyun | |
| Azerbaijani | borc(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), borc(social, legal, or moral requirement), vəzifə(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), öhdəlik(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Belarusian | абавя́зак(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), абавя́зак(social, legal, or moral requirement), абавяза́цельства(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), доўг(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), паві́ннасць(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), паві́ннасць(social, legal, or moral requirement) | abavjázak, abavjázak, abavjazácjelʹstva, dowh, pavínnascʹ, pavínnascʹ | |
| Bulgarian | дълг(social, legal, or moral requirement), задълже́ние(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | dǎlg, zadǎlžénie | |
| Catalan | compromís(social, legal, or moral requirement), obligació(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), obligació(social, legal, or moral requirement) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 義務 /义务(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), 責任 /责任(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | yìwù, zérèn | |
| Czech | povinnost(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), povinnost(social, legal, or moral requirement), závazek(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), závazek(social, legal, or moral requirement) | — | |
| Danish | forpligtelse(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), pligt(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), pligt(social, legal, or moral requirement), pligt(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience) | — | |
| Dutch | plicht(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), verplichting(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Esperanto | devo(social, legal, or moral requirement), devo(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience), sindevigo(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), ŝuldiĝo(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Finnish | sitoumus(legal agreement), sitoutuminen(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), velvollisuus(social, legal, or moral requirement), velvollisuus(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience) | — | |
| French | obligation(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), obligation(social, legal, or moral requirement), obligation(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience), obligation(legal agreement), obligation((countable) reason for being obliged, grateful) | — | |
| Galician | obriga(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), obriga(social, legal, or moral requirement), obriga(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience), obrigación(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), obrigación(legal agreement) | — | |
| Georgian | ვალდებულება(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | valdebuleba | |
| German | Pflicht(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), Verpflichtung(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Greek | υποχρέωση(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), υποχρέωση(social, legal, or moral requirement) | ypochréosi, ypochréosi | |
| Hindi | दायित्व(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), नैतिक(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience), नैतिकता(social, legal, or moral requirement) | dāyitva, naitik, naitiktā | |
| Hungarian | elkötelezettség(social, legal, or moral requirement), elköteleződés(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), kötelesség(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience), kötelezettség(social, legal, or moral requirement), kötelezettségvállalás(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), kötelezvény(legal agreement), lekötelezettség(social, legal, or moral requirement) | — | |
| Irish | dualgas(social, legal, or moral requirement), oibleagáid(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), oibleagáid(social, legal, or moral requirement), oibleagáid(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience) | — | |
| Italian | dovere(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience), obbligazione(legal agreement), obbligo(social, legal, or moral requirement), vincolo(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Japanese | 義務(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), 責任(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | gimu, sekinin | |
| Kazakh | міндеттеме(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | mındetteme | |
| Korean | 의무(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), 책임(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | uimu, chaegim | |
| Kyrgyz | милдеттенме(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | mildettenme | |
| Latin | obligātiō(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Macedonian | задолжение(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), обврска(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | zadolženie, obvrska | |
| Māori | herenga(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), herenga(social, legal, or moral requirement), takohanga(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | forpliktelse(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), plikt(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | اصر(social, legal, or moral requirement), اصر(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience), منت(social, legal, or moral requirement), منت(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience) | ısr, ısr, minnet, minnet | |
| Persian | وظیفه(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | vazife | |
| Plautdietsch | Flicht(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), Flicht(social, legal, or moral requirement) | — | |
| Polish | obowiązek(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), powinność(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), zobowiązanie(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), zobowiązanie(legal agreement) | — | |
| Portuguese | compromisso(social, legal, or moral requirement), obrigação(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), obrigação(social, legal, or moral requirement) | — | |
| Romanian | obligare(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), obligație(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), obligație(social, legal, or moral requirement) | — | |
| Russian | долг(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), долг(social, legal, or moral requirement), обя́занность(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), обя́занность(social, legal, or moral requirement), обя́занность(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience), обяза́тельство(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | dolg, dolg, objázannostʹ, objázannostʹ, objázannostʹ, objazátelʹstvo | |
| Scottish Gaelic | comain(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), comain(social, legal, or moral requirement), còir(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), còir(social, legal, or moral requirement), còir(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | ȍbaveza(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), ȍbveza(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), о̏бавеза(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), о̏бвеза(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Slovak | povinnosť(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), povinnosť(social, legal, or moral requirement), záväzok(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), záväzok(social, legal, or moral requirement) | — | |
| Slovene | obveznost(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Spanish | compromiso(social, legal, or moral requirement), compromiso(legal agreement), deber(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience), deber(legal agreement), obligación(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), obligación(social, legal, or moral requirement), obligación(course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience), obligación(legal agreement) | — | |
| Swahili | wajibu(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Swedish | förpliktelse(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), plikt(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), skyldighet(social, legal, or moral requirement) | — | |
| Tagalog | harapin(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), harapin(social, legal, or moral requirement), harapin(legal agreement) | — | |
| Tajik | вазифа(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | vazifa | |
| Tarifit | amerwas(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Tocharian B | ārk(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Turkish | vazife(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), yükümlülük(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), yükümlülük(social, legal, or moral requirement) | — | |
| Ukrainian | борг(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), зобов'я́зання(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), зобов'яза́ння(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), обо́в'язок(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), обо́в'язок(social, legal, or moral requirement), пови́нність(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), пови́нність(social, legal, or moral requirement) | borh, zobovʺjázannja, zobovʺjazánnja, obóvʺjazok, obóvʺjazok, povýnnistʹ, povýnnistʹ | |
| Uzbek | burch(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), majburiyat(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone), vazifa(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — | |
| Vietnamese | nghĩa vụ(act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone) | — |
do bërë
borc, borc, vəzifə, öhdəlik
абавя́зак, абавя́зак, абавяза́цельства, доўг, паві́ннасць, паві́ннасць
abavjázak, abavjázak, abavjazácjelʹstva, dowh, pavínnascʹ, pavínnascʹ
compromís, obligació, obligació
povinnost, povinnost, závazek, závazek
forpligtelse, pligt, pligt, pligt
plicht, verplichting
devo, devo, sindevigo, ŝuldiĝo
sitoumus, sitoutuminen, velvollisuus, velvollisuus
obligation, obligation, obligation, obligation, obligation
obriga, obriga, obriga, obrigación, obrigación
Pflicht, Verpflichtung
elkötelezettség, elköteleződés, kötelesség, kötelezettség, kötelezettségvállalás, kötelezvény, lekötelezettség
dualgas, oibleagáid, oibleagáid, oibleagáid
dovere, obbligazione, obbligo, vincolo
obligātiō
herenga, herenga, takohanga
forpliktelse, plikt
Flicht, Flicht
obowiązek, powinność, zobowiązanie, zobowiązanie
compromisso, obrigação, obrigação
obligare, obligație, obligație
долг, долг, обя́занность, обя́занность, обя́занность, обяза́тельство
dolg, dolg, objázannostʹ, objázannostʹ, objázannostʹ, objazátelʹstvo
comain, comain, còir, còir, còir
ȍbaveza, ȍbveza, о̏бавеза, о̏бвеза
povinnosť, povinnosť, záväzok, záväzok
obveznost
compromiso, compromiso, deber, deber, obligación, obligación, obligación, obligación
wajibu
förpliktelse, plikt, skyldighet
harapin, harapin, harapin
amerwas
ārk
vazife, yükümlülük, yükümlülük
борг, зобов'я́зання, зобов'яза́ння, обо́в'язок, обо́в'язок, пови́нність, пови́нність
borh, zobovʺjázannja, zobovʺjazánnja, obóvʺjazok, obóvʺjazok, povýnnistʹ, povýnnistʹ
burch, majburiyat, vazifa
nghĩa vụ
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