| Example in Catalan | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Em sento afalagat. | Well, I'm flattered. |
| Bé, em sentiré afalagat i em contindré. ja, no estic buscant.. | Well, I'll just be flattered and keep it to myself. Yeah, I'm not looking for.. |
| Bé, em sentiré afalagat i em contindré. | Well, I'll just be flattered and keep it to myself. |
| Quan ho vaig entendre, li vaig dir que estava afalagat i sorprès. | When finally I understood, I expressed to him that I was both flattered and surprised. |
| M'afalaguis, és com ha de ser. | You flatter me, which is just as it should be. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | flatteren,pletten, vleien | English | flatter |
| Esperanto | flati | Finnish | imarrella |
| French | aduler, flatter, se flâner, se flâtrer, se flatter, se fleur-bleuiser | German | schmeicheln |
| Indonesian | menyanjung diri | Italian | adulare, lusingare, sviolinare |
| Japanese | 阿る, 阿諛, 煽てる | Lithuanian | meilikauti |
| Macedonian | ласка, поласка | Polish | kadzić, pochlebiać, pochlebić, połechtać, przypochlebiać, schlebić |
| Portuguese | adular, bajular, lisonjear | Romanian | linguși |
| Russian | льстить, подлизываться, польстить | Spanish | adular, halagar, lisonjear, lisonjearse, requebrar |
| Thai | ประจบ, อี๋ | Turkish | gururunu okşamak, kompliman yapmak, pohpohlamak, yağ yakmak |
| Vietnamese | siểm nịnh, tán |