| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Suonet anteeksi, että kehaisen osuuttani pukusi onnistumisessa. | I must put in a little praise for my own work with that suit. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | أثنى,حمد, مدح | Catalan | lloar |
| Danish | love, prise, rose | Dutch | prijzen, roemen |
| English | praise | Esperanto | laŭdi |
| Faroese | lova, prísa | French | louanger |
| German | loben, rühmen | Greek | εκθειάζω, επαινώ |
| Hungarian | dicsér | Icelandic | hrósa, hæla |
| Indonesian | memuji, puja | Italian | decantare, elogiare, encomiare, lodare, rinomare |
| Japanese | 讃える, 賛美, 賞賛, 褒める | Latvian | slavēt |
| Lithuanian | girti, liaupsinti, pagirti | Macedonian | пофали, фали |
| Norwegian | love | Polish | chwalić, nachwalić, pochwalić, sławić, wychwalać, wysławiać, zachwalać |
| Portuguese | elogiar, gabar, louvar | Romanian | lăuda |
| Russian | восславить, восславлять, славить | Spanish | alabar, elogiar, enaltecer, loar, preconizar |
| Swedish | hylla, hymla, lova, lovorda, prisa, rosa | Thai | เชิดชู, ยกย่อง, สดุดี, สรรเสริญ |
| Vietnamese | ca tụng, khen ngợi, ngợi |