| Example in Catalan | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Qui li ha ensenyat a afaitar-se, senyor? | Who taught you to shave, mister? What kept you? |
| Bé, gràcies a Déu que es afaito per tu. | Well, thank God he shaved for you. |
| No, es l'afaito jo. | No, I shave it for him. |
| No m'afaito pel Sherlock Holmes. | I don't shave for Sherlock Holmes. |
| Tots somreien, preguntant-me si estava bé, i, ja saps, sense saber què dir sobre el meu cap afaitat i les meves cicatrius. | Everyone's smiling, asking me if I'm okay, and, you know, not knowing what to say about my shaved head and my scars. |
| Així doncs, te l'has afaitat? | So youve shaved it off then? |
| Mentre s'afaitava, eh? | - While he was shaving? |
| T'has tallat afaitant-te? | Cut yourself shaving? |
| Te l'estàs afaitant. | Youre shaving it off. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | حلق,نحت | Dutch | gladscheren, scheren, schermen |
| English | shave | Esperanto | razi |
| Estonian | hööveldama, kõõpima, voolima | Finnish | ajaa partansa, leikellä |
| German | barbieren, rasieren, scheren | Greek | ξυρίζομαι, ξυρίζω, οξύνω |
| Hebrew | גילח | Hungarian | borotvál |
| Indonesian | mencukur | Italian | radere, rasare, sbarbare |
| Japanese | 削る | Lithuanian | skustis |
| Macedonian | бричи, избричи, се бричи | Norwegian | barbere |
| Persian | تراشیدن | Polish | golić, ogolić, wygolić, zgolić |
| Portuguese | barbear, rapar | Romanian | bărbieri, rade |
| Russian | брить, бриться, выбривать, выбрить, побрить, побриться | Spanish | afeitar, afeitarse, rapar, raparse, rasurar |
| Swedish | raka, raljera, rama | Thai | กันต์, โกน, เฉียด |
| Turkish | kazıtmak, tıraş olmak |