Latvian
| Example in Latvian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Saimnieks devies uz ezeru baidīt zivis. | Oh, Mr. Senior's down at the docks trying to scare up some catfish. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azeri | qorxutmaq | Catalan | espantar, espaventar |
| Dutch | schrikken, schrobben, verjagen, verjaren | English | scare |
| Esperanto | fortimigi, timigi, timiĝi | Estonian | hirmuma, peletama |
| Finnish | säikyttää, säikäyttää | French | apériodiser, apeurer |
| German | abschrecken, erschrecken, schrecken, verschrecken, verschreiben | Hebrew | הפחיד |
| Icelandic | hræða | Lithuanian | gąsdinti, išgąsdinti, pagąsdinti |
| Macedonian | исплаши, плаши, уплаши | Norwegian | skremme |
| Polish | nastraszyć, odstraszyć, postraszyć, przepłoszyć, przestraszyć, straszyć | Portuguese | apavorar, assustar |
| Romanian | înfricoșa, speria | Spanish | achantar, asustar, atemorizar, aterrar, espantar |
| Swedish | skärra | Thai | หวาดกลัว, อกสั่นขวัญแขวน |
| Vietnamese | hù dọa |