| Example in Macedonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Пак започна да тегне и наеднаш главчето скокна. | And so she starts pulling and pulling and all of a sudden a head popped out. |
| И... И... започна повторна да ме тегне за зглобот | And he started pulling at my ankle again, and so l grabbed the ball and l was, like, "Go get it, buddy." |
| Зошто ја тегне? | Why is he pulling on it? |
| Фрли ми ја топката, инаку цел ден ќе те тегнам за нозете. | Throw the ball for me. l'll pull on your leg all day. |
| Еј, акко ќе тегнеш ако си од таа старна? | Hey, how are you going to pull if you're this way? |
| - Ти не тегнеш доволно силно! | - You ain't pulling hard enough! |
| Ми ја тегнеш косата. | You're pulling my hair. |
| - Ми го тегнеш торзото. | - Ow! You're pulling my torso off. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | tërheq | Arabic | جر |
| Danish | trække | Dutch | lostrekken,opslepen, trekken |
| English | pull | Esperanto | eltiradi, entiri, suprentiri, tiri |
| Estonian | tõmmistama, vedima | Finnish | kiskoa, puoltaa, vedellä, vetää, veuhtoa |
| German | raufen, ziehen | Greek | σέρνω, τραβώ |
| Hawaiian | huki | Hebrew | משך |
| Hungarian | húz, von | Icelandic | kippa |
| Indonesian | tarik | Italian | rincalcare, tirare |
| Japanese | 引っ張る, 牽引 | Latvian | vilkt |
| Lithuanian | patraukti, traukti | Malay | tarik |
| Maltese | ġibed | Norwegian | trekke |
| Persian | کشیدن | Polish | ciągnąć, odciągać, pociągać, pociągnąć, podciągnąć, wyciągnąć, wyrwać, wyrywać |
| Portuguese | arrancar, puxar | Quechua | aysay |
| Romanian | trage | Russian | втягивать, втянуть, дёргать, дёрнуть, оттаскать, подтягивать, подтянуть, потянуть, тащить, теребить, тиснуть, тормошить, тянуть |
| Spanish | jalar, repropiarse | Swedish | dra |
| Thai | กระชาก, ดึง | Turkish | çekmek |
| Vietnamese | kéo, lôi, níu |