| Example in Icelandic | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Beth, þú verður að stilla þig. | Okay, Beth, you're gonna have to calm down, okay? |
| - Þú verður að stilla þig. | I told you again, you have to calm down! |
| Beth, þú verður að stilla þig. | Okay, Beth, you're gonna have to calm down, okay? |
| - Þú verður að stilla þig. | I told you again, you have to calm down! |
| Ekki stilla mig! | No calm down! |
| - Ūú verđur ađ stilla ūig. | I told you again, you have to calm down! |
| Beth, ūú verđur ađ stilla ūig. | Okay, Beth, you're gonna have to calm down, okay? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | هدأ | Dutch | bedaren,kalmeren |
| English | calm | Estonian | rahunema |
| Finnish | seestyä, seestää, tyyntyä | French | calmer |
| German | beruhigen | Hawaiian | nā |
| Hungarian | megnyugtat | Indonesian | anteng |
| Italian | abbonacciare, acquietare, calmare, pacare, pacarsi, quietare, racchetare | Lithuanian | apraminti, maldyti, numaldyti, raminti |
| Polish | ucichnąć, uspokajać, zaciszyć | Portuguese | acalmar |
| Romanian | îmbuna, liniști | Russian | угомонить, угомонять, успокаивать, успокоить |
| Spanish | aquietar, callar, calmar, sosegar, tranquilizar | Swedish | lugna |
| Vietnamese | trần tình, trấn tĩnh |