| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Jos kieltäydyt, pelkäänpä, että meidän pitää ivata sinua selkäsi takana. | If you refuse, I'm afraid we'll be forced to ridicule you behind your backs. |
| Kukaan ei vastaa hyvin ivaan, herra Beck, eivät edes psykiatrit. | No one responds well to ridicule, Mr. Beck, even psychiatrists. |
| Koska halusin puhua jollekin, enkä halunnut että ivaat minua. | Because I wanted to talk to someone, and I didn't need your ridicule. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | ridiculitzar | Dutch | ridiculiseren |
| English | ridicule | Esperanto | ridindigi |
| French | persifler,persiller | German | verspotten |
| Greek | αναγελώ | Hungarian | kigúnyol |
| Italian | ridicolizzare | Norwegian | latterliggjøre |
| Polish | dworować, naśmiewać, ośmieszać, ośmieszyć, wyśmiewać, zironizować | Portuguese | ridicularizar |
| Russian | высмеивать, высмеять | Spanish | ridiculizar |
| Swedish | förlöjliga | Vietnamese | chê cười, giễu, giễu cợt, nhạo báng |