| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Zal ik het fijnkauwen met water? | Maybe if I chewed it with some water. |
| Als het helpt, zal ik het voedsel fijnkauwen en hem voeden als een babyvogel. | I'd chew up his food and feed him like a baby bird. |
| Ik kan je fijnkauwen en uitspugen. Net als kauwgum. | It can chew you up and spit you out like a stick of gum. |
| Kun je dit ding fijnkauwen voor mij? | Hey! Can you chew this thing for me? Guys? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | مضغ | Azeri | çeynəmək |
| Catalan | mastegar,masticar | Danish | tygge |
| English | chew | Esperanto | maĉi |
| Estonian | mäluma, närima, nätsutama | Finnish | pureksia |
| French | macher, mâcher, mâchonner, mordiller | German | kauen, zerbeißen, zerkauen |
| Greek | μασουλίζω, μαστίζω, μαστουριάζω, μασώ, ματαγυρίζω, ματίζω, ματσακονίζω, μεγαλύνω | Hungarian | rág |
| Indonesian | mengunyah | Italian | masticare |
| Japanese | 齧る | Lithuanian | kramtyti |
| Macedonian | изџвака, џвака | Norwegian | tygge, tyggja |
| Polish | pogryźć, przeżuć, rozgryzać, zgryźć, zzuć, zżuć, żuć | Portuguese | mastigar |
| Romanian | mesteca | Russian | жевать, пожевать |
| Spanish | masticar | Swedish | tugga, tukta |
| Thai | ขบฉัน, เคี้ยว | Turkish | çiğnemek, çiğnenmek, çiğnetmek, düşünüp taşınmak |
| Vietnamese | nhai, nhại |