| Example in Catalan | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Les que es poden reparar tenen una segona vida útil com a mitjà de transport econòmic als carrers de Guatemala. Les que són inutilitzables com a bicicleta es converteixen en màquines que funcionen amb pedals per ajudar a dur a terme les tasques quotidianes com ara bombar aigua, moldre blat de moro, mesclar, pelar fruita seca o fer teules. | Those that they can repair, get a new life as inexpensive means of transportation in the streets of Guatemala and those that aren't usable as bicycles anymore get turned into pedal powered machines to help in daily work such as pumping water, grinding corn, blending, shelling nuts and making roof tiles. |
| S'han de tallar, i moldre el celiandre. | They need chopping and the coriander grinding. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | طحن | Dutch | bijslijpen,fijnmalen, grinden, inslijpen, vergruizen, vermalen |
| English | grind | Esperanto | mueli |
| Estonian | ihuma, terituma | Faroese | knasa, mala |
| Finnish | jauhaa, smirgelöidä | French | égriser, moler, moudre |
| German | mahlen | Greek | αλέθω, αλευρώνω |
| Hebrew | טחן | Hungarian | darál, őröl |
| Icelandic | mala, mylja | Indonesian | giling, menggilas, menggiling |
| Italian | digrignare, macinare, molare, triturare | Lithuanian | brūžinti, malti, tekinti |
| Macedonian | меле, толчи | Malay | mencanai |
| Polish | doszlifować, mielić, mleć, namleć, przemielić, przemleć, przeszlifować, rozdrabiać, szlifować, wyszlifować, zemleć, zgrzytać, zmielić | Portuguese | triturar |
| Quechua | allpayachiy, kutay | Romanian | măcina |
| Russian | молоть, отшлифовать, растереть, растирать, смолоть, шлифовать | Spanish | amolar, machar, moler, triturar |
| Swedish | mala | Thai | กรอ |
| Turkish | çektirmek | Vietnamese | giã, mài, nghiến, xay |