| Example in Esperanto | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Ili malgajigas por la tuta tago. | They ruin my mood for the rest of the day. |
| - Tiaj filmoj malgajigas min. | - Movies like that somehow make me sad. |
| Malgajigas? Amfilmoj kun feliĉa fino malgajigas vin? | Love stories with a happy ending make you sad? |
| Ne amati malgajigas, sed ne amivi multe pli malgajigas. | It is sad not to be loved, but it is much sadder not to be able to love. |
| Ne amati malĝojigas, sed ne ampovi multe pli malgajigas. | It is sad not to be loved, but it is much sadder not to be able to love. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | verdrieten | English | sadden |
| French | attrister | German | betrüben |
| Greek | λυπώ | Icelandic | hryggja |
| Italian | amareggiare,attristare, contristare, immalinconire, rattristare | Lithuanian | liūdinti |
| Polish | smęcić, strapić, zasmucać | Portuguese | entristecer, magoar |
| Russian | опечалить, печалить | Spanish | apenar, apesadumbrar, contristar, entristecer |