| Example in Japanese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| 私が何をするのか 囁いた | They told me what to do. |
| （ささやく）これで信じてくれるか？ | Can't you see I'm having a bath? Trust me on this, sister. |
| お願い ささやいて 彼はどう見えたの？ | Please, whisper to me. What did he look like? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | همس,وسوس | Catalan | xiuxiuejar |
| Dutch | fluisteren, influisteren, smoezelen, toefluisteren | English | whisper |
| Esperanto | flustri, murmureti | Estonian | mühisema, sosistama |
| Faroese | teska, tutla | Finnish | kuiskailla, kuiskata, kuiskia, suhista, supattaa |
| French | chuchoter | German | einflüstern, flüstern, säuseln, tuscheln, wispern, zischeln, zuflüstern |
| Greek | ψιθυρίζω, ψιλοκοσκινίζω, ψιλώνω, ψιχαλίζω, ψιψιρίζω, ψοφολογώ | Hebrew | לחש |
| Hungarian | súg, suttog | Icelandic | pískra |
| Indonesian | berbisik, berbisik-bisik, membisikkan | Italian | bisbigliare, sussurrare |
| Lithuanian | kuždėti, pakuždėti, šnabždėti, šnibždėti | Macedonian | прошепоти, шепне, шепоти |
| Norwegian | hviske | Polish | podszepnąć, szepnąć, szeptać, wyszeptać, zaszeptać |
| Portuguese | cochichar, segredar, sussurrar | Romanian | susura, șopti |
| Russian | прошептать, шепнуть, шептать | Spanish | cuchichear, susurrar, susurrarse |
| Swedish | viska, vispa | Thai | กระซิบ |
| Turkish | fısıldamak, fışıldamak, kulağına söylemek | Vietnamese | rì rào, rú rí, thì thào, thì thầm, xì xào |