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• UK: /ˈpɹəʊ.tɛst/
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• US: /ˈpɹoʊ.tɛst/
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PIE word *tréyes From the Middle English verb protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin prōtestārī, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).

253 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: protestë — formal objection
• Arabic: اِعْتِرَاض (iʕtirāḍ) — formal objection
• Arabic: اِحْتِجَاج (iḥtijāj) — formal objection
• Armenian: բողոք (boġokʻ) — formal objection
• Azerbaijani: etiraz — formal objection
• Azerbaijani: اعتراض (ē'tirāz) — formal objection
• Basque: protesta — formal objection
• Belarusian: пратэ́ст (pratést) — formal objection
• Bengali: এতেরাজ (eteraj) — formal objection
• Bulgarian: проте́ст (protést) — formal objection
• Catalan: protesta — formal objection
• Chinese Cantonese: 抗議 /抗议 (kong3 ji5) — formal objection
• Chinese: 抗議 /抗议 (zh-min-nan) — formal objection
• Chinese Mandarin: 抗議 /抗议 (kàngyì) — formal objection
• Czech: protest — formal objection
• Danish: protest — formal objection
• Dutch: protest — formal objection
• Esperanto: protesto — formal objection
• Estonian: protest — formal objection
• Faroese: mótmæli — formal objection
• Finnish: vastalause — formal objection
• Finnish: protesti — formal objection
• French: protestation — formal objection
• Georgian: პროტესტი (ṗroṭesṭi) — formal objection
• German: Protest — formal objection
• German: Einspruch — formal objection
• German: Widerspruch — formal objection
• Greek: διαμαρτυρία (diamartyría) — formal objection
• Hindi: प्रतिवाद (prativād) — formal objection
• Hindi: अस्वीकार (asvīkār) — formal objection
• Hindi: आपत्ति (āpatti) — formal objection
• Hungarian: tiltakozás — formal objection
• Icelandic: mótmæli — formal objection
• Irish: agóid — formal objection
• Italian: protesta — formal objection
• Japanese: 抗議 (kōgi) — formal objection
• Japanese: プロテスト (purotesuto) — formal objection
• Kazakh: наразылық (narazylyq) — formal objection
• Korean: 항의 (hang'ui) — formal objection
• Kyrgyz: нааразычылык (naarazıcılık) — formal objection
• Kyrgyz: каршылык (karşılık) — formal objection
• Kyrgyz: нааразылык (naarazılık) — formal objection
• Kyrgyz: протест (protest) — formal objection
• Latvian: protests — formal objection
• Lithuanian: protestas — formal objection
• Macedonian: протест (protest) — formal objection
• Māori: mautohetanga — formal objection
• Māori: porotēhi — formal objection
• Mongolian: эсэргүүцэл (esergüücel) — formal objection
• Norwegian Bokmål: protest — formal objection
• Pashto: اعتراض (e'terāz) — formal objection
• Pashto: احتجاج (ehtejāj) — formal objection
• Dari: اِعْتِرَاض (i'tirāz) — formal objection
• Dari: اِحْتِجَاج (ihtijāj) — formal objection
• Iranian Persian: اِعْتِراض (e'terâz) — formal objection
• Iranian Persian: اِحْتِجاج (ehtejâj) — formal objection
• Polish: protest — formal objection
• Portuguese: protesto — formal objection
• Romanian: protest — formal objection
• Russian: проте́ст (protést) — formal objection
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀тест — formal objection
• Serbo-Croatian: pròtest — formal objection
• Slovak: protest — formal objection
• Slovene: ugovor — formal objection
• Slovene: protest — formal objection
• Spanish: protesta — formal objection
• Spanish: estriladera — formal objection
• Spanish: protestadera — formal objection
• Swedish: protest — formal objection
• Swedish: gensaga — formal objection
• Tajik: эътироз (e'tiroz) — formal objection
• Tamil: எதிர்ப்பு (etirppu) — formal objection
• Tamil: கண்டிப்பு (kaṇṭippu) — formal objection
• Telugu: నిరసన (nirasana) — formal objection
• Turkish: itiraz — formal objection
• Turkmen: nägilelik — formal objection
• Ukrainian: проте́ст (protést) — formal objection
• Urdu: اِعْتِراض (i'tirāz) — formal objection
• Urdu: اِحْتِجاج (ihtijāj) — formal objection
• Uyghur: نارازىلىق (naraziliq) — formal objection
• Uzbek: norozilik — formal objection
• Uzbek: eʼtiroz — formal objection
• Uzbek: protest — formal objection
• Vietnamese: (sự) phản đối — formal objection
• Vietnamese: (sự) kháng nghị — formal objection
• Albanian: protestë — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Armenian: բողոք (boġokʻ) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Azerbaijani: etiraz — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Basque: manifestazio — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Belarusian: пратэ́ст (pratést) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Belarusian: мі́тынг (mítynh) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Belarusian: дэманстра́цыя (demanstrácyja) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Belarusian: маніфеста́цыя (manifjestácyja) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Bulgarian: проте́ст (protést) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Bulgarian: ми́тинг (míting) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Bulgarian: демонстра́ция (demonstrácija) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Burmese: ဆန္ဒပြပွဲ (hcanda.pra.pwai:) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Chinese Cantonese: 抗議 /抗议 (kong3 ji5) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Chinese Mandarin: 抗議 /抗议 (kàngyì) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Czech: protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Danish: protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Dutch: protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Estonian: protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Finnish: mielenosoitus — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• French: manifestation — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• French: protestation — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Georgian: პროტესტი (ṗroṭesṭi) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• German: Protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• German: Demonstration — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Greek: διαμαρτυρία (diamartyría) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Hebrew: מְחָאָה (m'kha'á) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Hindi: विरोध प्रदर्शन (virodh pradarśan) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Hindi: विरोध (virodh) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Hungarian: tüntetés — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Icelandic: mótmæli — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Italian: protesta — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Khmer: បាតុកម្ម (paatokam) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Lao: ການປະທ້ວງ (kān pa thūang) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Latvian: protests — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Lithuanian: protestas — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Macedonian: протест (protest) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Norwegian Bokmål: protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Iranian Persian: اِعْتِراض (e'terâz) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Polish: protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Polish: demonstracja — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Portuguese: manifestação — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Romanian: protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Romanian: miting — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Romanian: demonstrație — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Romanian: manifestație — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Russian: проте́ст (protést) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Russian: ми́тинг (míting) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Russian: демонстра́ция (demonstrácija) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Russian: манифеста́ция (manifestácija) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Northern Sami: miellačájeheapmi — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Northern Sami: miellačájáhus — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Northern Sami: demonstrašuvdna — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀тест — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Serbo-Croatian: pròtest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Slovak: protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Slovene: protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Spanish: manifestación — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Swedish: protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Tajik: эътироз (e'tiroz) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Tamil: போராட்டம் (pōrāṭṭam) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Thai: การประท้วง (gaan-bprà-túuang) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Turkish: protesto — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Ukrainian: проте́ст (protést) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Ukrainian: мі́тинг (mítynh) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Ukrainian: демонстра́ція (demonstrácija) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Ukrainian: маніфеста́ція (manifestácija) — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Vietnamese: (cuộc) biểu tình — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Welsh: protest — collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration — see also demonstration
• Finnish: maksukehotus — noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill
• Finnish: meriselitys — written declaration stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.
• Arabic: اِعْتَرَضَ (iʕtaraḍa) — to make a strong objection
• Arabic: اِحْتَجَّ (iḥtajja) — to make a strong objection
• Armenian: առարկել (aṙarkel) — to make a strong objection
• Armenian: բողոքել (boġokʻel) — to make a strong objection
• Azerbaijani: etiraz etmək — to make a strong objection
• Belarusian: пратэстава́ць (pratestavácʹ) — to make a strong objection
• Bulgarian: протести́рам (protestíram) — to make a strong objection
• Catalan: protestar — to make a strong objection
• Chinese Cantonese: 抗議 /抗议 (kong3 ji5) — to make a strong objection
• Chinese: 抗議 /抗议 (zh-min-nan) — to make a strong objection
• Chinese Mandarin: 抗議 /抗议 (kàngyì) — to make a strong objection
• Czech: protestovat — to make a strong objection
• Dutch: protesteren — to make a strong objection
• Esperanto: protesti — to make a strong objection
• Finnish: vastustaa — to make a strong objection
• Finnish: protestoida — to make a strong objection
• French: protester — to make a strong objection
• Georgian: პროტესტის გამოცხადება (ṗroṭesṭis gamocxadeba) — to make a strong objection
• German: protestieren — to make a strong objection
• German: demonstrieren — to make a strong objection
• Greek: διαμαρτύρομαι (diamartýromai) — to make a strong objection
• Hebrew: מָחָה (makhá) — to make a strong objection
• Hungarian: tiltakozik — to make a strong objection
• Icelandic: mótmæla — to make a strong objection
• Ido: revoltar — to make a strong objection
• Irish: agóid — to make a strong objection
• Italian: protestare — to make a strong objection
• Japanese: 抗議する (kōgi suru) — to make a strong objection
• Khmer: តវ៉ា (tɑɑ vaa) — to make a strong objection
• Korean: 항의하다 (hang'uihada) — to make a strong objection
• Latin: reclāmō — to make a strong objection
• Macedonian: протести́ра (protestíra) — to make a strong objection
• Māori: mautohe — to make a strong objection
• Māori: porotēhi — to make a strong objection
• Māori: porotēhe — to make a strong objection
• Mongolian: эсэргүүцэх (esergüücex) — to make a strong objection
• Norwegian: protestere — to make a strong objection
• Persian: اعتراض کردن (e'terâz kardan) — to make a strong objection
• Polish: protestować — to make a strong objection
• Polish: zaprotestować — to make a strong objection
• Portuguese: protestar — to make a strong objection
• Romanian: protesta — to make a strong objection
• Russian: протестова́ть (protestovátʹ) — to make a strong objection
• Scottish Gaelic: tog fianais — to make a strong objection
• Serbo-Croatian: протестовати — to make a strong objection
• Serbo-Croatian: protestovati — to make a strong objection
• Serbo-Croatian: protestirati — to make a strong objection
• Serbo-Croatian: prosvjedovati — to make a strong objection
• Serbo-Croatian: prosvedovati — to make a strong objection
• Slovak: protestovať — to make a strong objection
• Slovene: ugovarjati — to make a strong objection
• Slovene: protestirati — to make a strong objection
• Spanish: protestar — to make a strong objection
• Spanish: funar — to make a strong objection
• Spanish: estriladera — to make a strong objection
• Swedish: inlägga protest — to make a strong objection
• Swedish: protestera — to make a strong objection
• Tamil: எதிர் (etir) — to make a strong objection
• Tamil: கண்டி (kaṇṭi) — to make a strong objection
• Telugu: నిరసించు (nirasiñcu) — to make a strong objection
• Thai: ค้าน (káan) — to make a strong objection
• Thai: ประท้วง (bprà-túuang) — to make a strong objection
• Thai: ติง (dting) — to make a strong objection
• Thai: คัดค้าน (kát-káan) — to make a strong objection
• Ukrainian: протестува́ти (protestuváty) — to make a strong objection
• Vietnamese: biểu tình — to make a strong objection
• Volapük: protest — to make a strong objection
• Finnish: vakuuttaa — to affirm
• Hungarian: kijelent — to affirm
• Hungarian: hangoztat — to affirm
• Hungarian: megerősít — to affirm
• Irish: áitigh — to affirm
• Russian: торже́ственно заявля́ть (toržéstvenno zajavljátʹ) — to affirm
• Russian: кля́твенно заверя́ть (kljátvenno zaverjátʹ) — to affirm
• Russian: уверя́ть (uverjátʹ) — to affirm
• Spanish: proclamar — to affirm
• Swedish: bedyra — to affirm
• Swedish: försäkra — to affirm
• Tamil: உறுதிப்படுத்து (uṟutippaṭuttu) — to affirm
• Vietnamese: cam đoan — to affirm
• Finnish: vastustaa — mostly US: to object to
• Finnish: protestoida — mostly US: to object to
• German: Einspruch erheben — mostly US: to object to
• German: Einwände äußern — mostly US: to object to
• Ido: revoltigar — mostly US: to object to
• Khmer: ចំទាស់ (cɑmtoah) — mostly US: to object to
• Norwegian: protestere — mostly US: to object to
• Northern Sami: čájehit miela — mostly US: to object to
• Northern Sami: demonstreret — mostly US: to object to
• Slovene: protestirati — mostly US: to object to
• Slovene: ugovarjati — mostly US: to object to
• Spanish: oponerse — mostly US: to object to
• Spanish: objetar — mostly US: to object to
• Swedish: protestera mot — mostly US: to object to
• Tamil: எதிர் (etir) — mostly US: to object to
• Tamil: கண்டி (kaṇṭi) — mostly US: to object to
• Vietnamese: phản đối — mostly US: to object to
• Vietnamese: phản kháng — mostly US: to object to