| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Hiuksesi ovat kivat, kun annat niiden kihartua. | I got to say, I like the way you let your hair go curly like that. |
| Rakastan sitä, kuinka niskatukkasi kihartuu. | I love the way your hair curls on the back of your neck. |
| Bernice, naurat sille niin, että ripsesi kihartuvat itse. | Come on, Bernice, it's so funny. You'll laugh so hard, your lashes will curl all by themselves. |
| Pidän pituudesta, mutta hänen hiuksensa kihartuvat takaa. | Well, I like a little length, but his hair curls back there. I wanted a clean look. |
| - Hänen tukkansa ei kiharru. | You're not curling his hair. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | arrissar | Danish | krølle |
| Dutch | friseren,frituren, opkrullen | English | curl |
| Esperanto | frizi, kurbiĝi | Estonian | käharduma |
| French | coiffer, friser | German | locken |
| Hungarian | göndörít, göndörödik | Italian | aggricciare, arricciare, arricciolare, crespare, increspare |
| Japanese | カール | Lithuanian | garbanoti, raiyti, raityti |
| Macedonian | навитка | Polish | fryzować, kędzierzawić, skędzierzawić, ufryzować, ukarbować |
| Portuguese | cachear, encaracolar, frisar | Russian | клубиться |
| Spanish | enchinar, enroscarse, ensortijar, rizar, rizarse | Turkish | bombelenmek, kıvırmak, kıvrılmak |