| Example in Catalan | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Aquella nit no vaig poder miolar perque la meva tia em sotjava; pero aquesta vegada miolaré. | I couldn't meow that night, becuz auntie was watching me, but I'll meow this time. |
| La darrera vegada vaig estar-me miolant per allí fins que el vell Hays va començar a engegar-me rocs, tot dient: -Gat del diastre!- així és que li vaig tirar una rajola per la finestra; pero moixoni! | Last time, you kep' me a-meowing around till old Hays went to throwing rocks at me and says 'Dern that cat!' and so I hove a brick through his window--but don't you tell." |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | mauwen,maximaliseren, miauwen | English | meow |
| Estonian | näuguma | Finnish | maukua, moukua, naukaista, naukua |
| German | miauen | Greek | νιαουρίζω, νοικιάζω, νοματίζω, νοσταλγώ |
| Lithuanian | miaukti | Macedonian | мјаука |
| Norwegian | mjaue | Polish | miauczeć |
| Portuguese | miar | Spanish | maullar |
| Swedish | jama |