| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Totta puhuakseni - olen yrittänyt kartella niitä. | I've tried to avoid them. |
| Mikä minussa on vikana, kun sinä karttelet? | Do you go to the woods to avoid me? |
| Sinä karttelet minua. | It seems like you are trying to avoid me. |
| Perillä Los Angelesissa karttelin paparazzeja. | Ich arrived in LA und cunningly avoided being snapped by the waiting paparazzi. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | تجنب,تحاشى, نافر | Catalan | evitar |
| Dutch | mijden, mijmeren, vermijden | English | avoid |
| Estonian | vältima | French | garer |
| German | aussparen, meiden, vermeiden | Greek | αποφεύγω |
| Hungarian | elkerül | Indonesian | menghindari, menghindarkan |
| Italian | evitare, pretermettere | Japanese | 忌む, 避く, 避ける |
| Latvian | izvairīties | Lithuanian | išvengti, vengti |
| Macedonian | избегне, избегнува, одбегне | Malay | hindari, menghindari |
| Norwegian | unngå | Polish | omijać, stronić, unikać, uniknąć |
| Portuguese | evitar | Russian | избегать, избежать, сторониться |
| Spanish | evitar, obviar, rehuir | Swedish | undkomma, undvika |
| Thai | แคล้วคลาด | Turkish | kaçınmak, önlemek, sakınmak, uzak durmak |
| Vietnamese | né tránh |