| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| No sitten mä karjaisen... | And then, well, I roar like... |
| Jättiläinen karjaisee vain silloin,kun on vihainen. | An ogre only roars when he's angry. |
| "Ketä oikein kutsut tyhmäksi, senkin ruma kyhmypää?", karjaisi toinen. | "Who are you calling stupid you ugly knothead?" roared the first. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | bramar | Danish | bruse |
| Dutch | briesen,brullen, bulderen | English | roar |
| Estonian | kohisema, kõhisema, mühama | French | rugir |
| German | röhren | Icelandic | belja, hlymja |
| Indonesian | mengaum | Italian | mugghiare, rimbombare, rombare, rugghiare, ruggire |
| Japanese | 咆哮 | Lithuanian | griaudėti, riaumoti |
| Macedonian | заржи, рика, рикне | Norwegian | brøle |
| Polish | grzmotnąć, huczeć, poryczeć, ryczeć, ryknąć, zaryczeć | Portuguese | atroar, rugir |
| Romanian | răcni, rugi | Russian | взреветь, реветь, рокотать |
| Spanish | bramar, rugir | Thai | กำธร, แผด |
| Turkish | kükremek | Vietnamese | gầm hét, gầm thét |