| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Hänen tarvitsi vain kahmaista postia. | All he had to do was grab some mail. |
| Se kahmaisi minut sisäänsä, eikä päästä ulos. | It grabbed me inside and won't let go. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | مسك | Azeri | qapmaq |
| Dutch | graaien,grabben, graderen | English | grab |
| Esperanto | akapari, ekpreni, kroĉi | Estonian | krahmama, rahmama, rähmama |
| 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 |
| Spanish | apropiarse, arrebatarse, asir, cojer | Swedish | greppa |
| Thai | กอบโกย | Vietnamese | ngoạm |