| Example in Catalan | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Igualment, jo volia traslladar-me a California per viure amb ells, però el meu pare tenia influències per esclafar les seves peticions. | Anyway, I really wanted to move out to California to live with them, but my dad had his lieutenant governor squash her petition plans. |
| Un jorn, m'a daissat aqueste bòl en papièr sul sofà. e l'ai pas vist e me soi assietada dessús, e l'ai... esclafat. | He left this paper-mache bowl on the sofa one day... and I didn't see it and I sat down, and I... kinda squashed it. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | squashen | English | squash |
| Estonian | mätsima | Finnish | liiskata |
| French | rembarrer | German | zermatschen |
| Greek | συνθλίβω,συννεφιάζω, συνοδεύομαι, συνοικίζω | Icelandic | merja |
| Indonesian | bersesak-sesak, melumatkan, menindih | Italian | spiaccicare |
| Lithuanian | sutrinti | Polish | wygniatać |
| Russian | раздавливать | Spanish | aplastarse, apretujar, machucar |
| Turkish | kabaklamak |