| Example in Thai | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| ทำไมเขาถึงไม่รอ | Why wouldn't he wait? |
| ไม่มีรอ! | - No, wait! |
| เฮ้รอ! | Hey, wait! |
| Chow, รอ. | Chow, wait. |
| โอ้รอ. | Oh, wait. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | wag | Arabic | انتظر |
| Azeri | gözləmək | Catalan | esperar,tardar |
| Danish | vente | Dutch | wachten |
| English | wait | Faroese | bíða |
| Finnish | vartoa, venata, ventata, vuottaa | German | kellnern, warten |
| Greek | περιμένω | Hebrew | חיכה |
| Hungarian | vár, várakozik | Icelandic | bíða |
| Indonesian | menunggu, menunggui, tunggu | Japanese | 待つ |
| Latvian | gaidīt, pagaidīt | Lithuanian | laukti, palaukti, palūkėti, pralaukti |
| Macedonian | чека | Malay | menunggu, tunggu |
| Maori | tatari | Norwegian | bie, venta |
| Persian | صبر کردن | Polish | czekać, doczekać, odczekać, poczekać, przeczekać, zaczekać |
| Portuguese | esperar | Quechua | suyay |
| Romanian | adăsta | Russian | ждать, обождать, поджидать, подождать |
| Spanish | aguardar | Swedish | vänta |
| Turkish | beklemek, bekletmek | Vietnamese | chờ |