Self-control
//ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl//
Translations of "self-control" (34 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | selfbeheersing(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | σωφροσύνη(ability to control one's desires and impulses), ἐγκράτεια(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | sōphrosúnē, enkráteia | |
| Azerbaijani | özünüidarəetmə(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Bulgarian | самооблада́ние(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | samoobladánie | |
| Catalan | autocontrol(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 自制(ability to control one's desires and impulses), 自制力(ability to control one's desires and impulses), 自我克制(ability to control one's desires and impulses), 自我控制(ability to control one's desires and impulses), 自控力(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | zìzhì, zìzhìlì, zìwǒ kèzhì, zìwǒ kòngzhì, zìkònglì | |
| Czech | sebeovládání(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Danish | selvkontrol(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Dutch | zelfcontrole(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Esperanto | memregado(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Finnish | itsehillintä(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| French | contrôle de soi(ability to control one's desires and impulses), maîtrise de soi(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Georgian | თავშეკავება(ability to control one's desires and impulses), თვითკონტროლი(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | tavšeḳaveba, tvitḳonṭroli | |
| German | Selbstbeherrschung(ability to control one's desires and impulses), Selbstkontrolle(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Greek | αυτοέλεγχος(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | aftoélenchos | |
| Hungarian | önfegyelem(ability to control one's desires and impulses), önuralom(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Interlingua | autocontrolo(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Japanese | セルフコントロール(ability to control one's desires and impulses), 自制(ability to control one's desires and impulses), 自粛(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | serufukontorōru, jisei, jishuku | |
| Kazakh | өзін-өзі бақылау(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | özın-özı baqylau | |
| Korean | 자제(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | jaje | |
| Latin | temperantia(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Lithuanian | savitvarda(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Norwegian | selvkontroll(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Polish | autokontrola(ability to control one's desires and impulses), samokontrola(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Portuguese | autocontrole(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Romanian | autocontrol(ability to control one's desires and impulses), stăpânire de sine(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Russian | самоконтро́ль(ability to control one's desires and impulses), самооблада́ние(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | samokontrólʹ, samoobladánije | |
| Serbo-Croatian | samokonrola(ability to control one's desires and impulses), samokontrola(ability to control one's desires and impulses), samosavlađivanje(ability to control one's desires and impulses), самоконрола(ability to control one's desires and impulses), самоконтрола(ability to control one's desires and impulses), самосавлађивање(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Sotho | boitshwaro(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Spanish | autocontrol(ability to control one's desires and impulses), autodominio(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Swedish | självbehärskning(ability to control one's desires and impulses), självkontroll(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Thai | การควบคุมตนเอง(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — | |
| Ukrainian | самовлада́ння(ability to control one's desires and impulses), самоконтро́ль(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | samovladánnja, samokontrólʹ | |
| Vietnamese | sự tự chủ(ability to control one's desires and impulses) | — |
selfbeheersing
özünüidarəetmə
autocontrol
sebeovládání
selvkontrol
zelfcontrole
memregado
itsehillintä
contrôle de soi, maîtrise de soi
Selbstbeherrschung, Selbstkontrolle
önfegyelem, önuralom
autocontrolo
temperantia
savitvarda
selvkontroll
autokontrola, samokontrola
autocontrole
autocontrol, stăpânire de sine
samokonrola, samokontrola, samosavlađivanje, самоконрола, самоконтрола, самосавлађивање
boitshwaro
autocontrol, autodominio
självbehärskning, självkontroll
การควบคุมตนเอง
sự tự chủ
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