| Example in Catalan | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Compreneu?, sabíem ben bé on havíem d'aferrar-los, per la vostra descripció: així és que ens esquitllarem de puntetes fins que n'arribarem a quinze peus (era negre com un celler, aquell caminal de roldó!), i aleshores m'adono que estava a punt d'esternudar. | You see we knew right where to put our hands on them, by your description; so we crept along on tiptoe till we got within fifteen feet of them--dark as a cellar that sumach path was--and just then I found I was going to sneeze. |
| Una cosa tan simple com esternudar, i, bé, perds tots els teus diners. | I so much as sneeze, and, well, you lose all your money. Oh! |
| Algú esternuda i tu la respires. | Somebody sneezes and you breathe it in. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | عطس | Azeri | asqırmaq |
| Danish | nyse | Dutch | niëlleren,niesen, niezen, proesten |
| English | sneeze | Esperanto | terni |
| Estonian | aevastama | Faroese | njósa |
| Finnish | aivastaa, aivastella | French | éternuer |
| German | niesen | Greek | φταρνίζομαι |
| Hungarian | tüsszent | Icelandic | hnerra |
| Indonesian | bangkis | Italian | starnutare, starnutire |
| Lithuanian | čiaudėti, nusičiaudėti | Macedonian | кива, кивне |
| Norwegian | nyse | Persian | عطسه کردن |
| Polish | kichać, kichnąć | Portuguese | espirrar |
| Romanian | strănuta | Russian | чихать, чихнуть |
| Spanish | estornudar | Swedish | nysa, nysta, nyttja, obducera |
| Thai | จาม | Turkish | aksırmak, hapşırmak |
| Vietnamese | hắt hơi, hắt xì, nhảy mũi |