| Example in Catalan | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Crec que el seu èxit es deu, en gran part, al meu enteniment astut del desig humà... el desig de ser devorat o embolicat per un animal calent i afamat, o deixar-se destruir mossegada a mossegada. | I believe its success is due, in large part, to my astute understanding of human desire-- the desire to be devoured or enveloped by a warm, hungry animal, or obliterated one juicy bite at a time. |
| Vol dir que probablement hauran devorat a una tropa de noies Scout. | Means that they probably devoured a troop of Girl Scouts by now. |
| Des d'aquell moment, habita al Fort de la Nit devorant les seves pròpies cries. | He's been roaming the Nightfort ever since, devouring his own babies. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | التهم | Dutch | kaalvreten,schrokken, verslinden |
| English | devour | Esperanto | forkonsumi, manĝegi |
| French | dévorer, s’entre-dévorer | German | verschlingen |
| Greek | καταβροχθίζω | Hungarian | fal |
| Indonesian | melahap | Italian | divorare, sbafare, sganasciare |
| Japanese | 貪り食う | Latvian | rīt |
| Lithuanian | ėsti, ryti | Norwegian | fortære |
| Polish | pożerać, pożreć | Portuguese | devorar |
| Russian | жрать, лопать, пожирать, пожрать, слопать, сожрать | Spanish | devorar, devorarse |
| Vietnamese | ăn sống, nuốt sống, tàn hại |