| Example in Spanish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Él quiere apropiarse de as ltierras y hacer una ciudad aquí. | He wants to grab this land to build a city.. |
| Él se ha apropiado también de las tierras aledañas. | He has grabbed the land next to the well. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | مسك | Azeri | qapmaq |
| Dutch | graaien,grabben, graderen | English | grab |
| Esperanto | akapari, ekpreni, kroĉi | Estonian | krahmama, rahmama, rähmama |
| Finnish | kahmaista | French | harper, rafler |
| German | ergreifen, erwischen, grabschen, greifen, schnappen | Greek | αδρανοποιούμαι, αδρανώ, αδράχνω, αδυνατίζω, αρπάζω, αρωματίζω, ασκημαίνω, ασκημίζω, χουφτώνω |
| Hebrew | נאחז | Hungarian | megfog |
| Icelandic | grípa | Indonesian | menjambret |
| Italian | afferrare, arraffare | Japanese | 掴む |
| Lithuanian | čiupti, griebti, grieti, nutverti, stverti, sučiupti, tvertis | Macedonian | грабнува |
| Norwegian | gripa, gripe, nappe | Persian | گرفتن |
| Polish | chwycić, dorwać, porwać, zagrabić | Portuguese | agarrar |
| Quechua | hap'iy | Romanian | apuca |
| Russian | уцепить, хапать | Swedish | greppa |
| Thai | กอบโกย | Vietnamese | ngoạm |
