| Example in Estonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Aitäh. See on keerdus. | Oh, it's twisted. |
| Arvatavasti sünnib keerdus ja hull. | Probably come out twisted and mental. |
| DNA molekul on justkui pikk keerdus köisredel, kaksikheeliks. | DNA is a molecule shaped like a long twisted ladder or double helix. |
| Ja su habe on nii... keerdus! | And your beard is so... twisted. |
| Ehk on mul veel paar keerdu alles. | Well, I may have one or two twists left. |
| Hmm, ehk on mul veel paar keerdu alles. | Well, I may have one or two twists left. |
| Mina ei saa sinna midagi parata, kui see ta püksikud keerdu ajab. | Look, I can't help it if she's got her knickers in a twist. |
| Ja asjad hakkavad siin just keerduma. | And things here are just starting to twist. |
| Puu keerdunud võraga. | The tree with twisted fingers... |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | verbuig | Arabic | لوى |
| Azeri | burmaq | Catalan | torçar,tòrcer |
| Danish | vride | Dutch | ineendraaien, torderen |
| English | twist | Esperanto | tordi |
| Finnish | vääristellä | French | retordre, torsader, tortiller |
| German | verdrehen, zwirnen | Hungarian | csavar |
| Indonesian | memelintir, memilin, memuntir, menggeliat, puntir | Italian | attorcigliare, attorcigliarsi, avviticchiare, avviticchiarsi, contorcere, distorcere, ritorcere, storcere, storcersi, stortare, svergolare, torcere |
| Japanese | 畝る, 捻る, 拗ける, 捩る | Lithuanian | susukti |
| Macedonian | извитка, изврти | Maori | whiri |
| Norwegian | tvinne | Persian | پیچیدن |
| Polish | pogiąć, przeinaczać, przekręcić, wykręcać, zwichrować | Portuguese | torcer |
| Quechua | kachuy, q'iwiy | Russian | закрутиться, закручиваться, крутить, покрутить, скрутить, скручивать |
| Spanish | torcer, torcerse | Swedish | twista |
| Thai | กระบิด, ตีเกลียว, บิด, เอี้ยว | Turkish | burkulmak, büğemek |
| Vietnamese | uẩn khúc, xoắn xuýt |