| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Maksa velkasi ja koveta sydämesi Marya kohtaan. | Pay the debt. And then harden your heart against her. |
| Se on aine, joka kovenee itsestään. | Substance sets, hardens, independently. |
| Ihmisten näkemykset kovenivat ja radikalisoituivat sen takia - miten poliisi kohteli heitä Eugenessa ja muualla luoteisvaltioissa. | No! And people's views got hardened and more radicalized... from what the police were doing to them within Eugene, or other campaigns that were going on around the Northwest. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | afharden,stalen, verharden, verstalen, verstokken | English | harden |
| Estonian | kõvastuma, kõvenema, paaduma, tahenema | Faroese | stæla |
| French | aguerrir, aguicher, aouter, durcir | German | aushärten, erhärten |
| Icelandic | herða | Indonesian | mengeraskan |
| Italian | indurire, sclerosare | Japanese | 固まる, 固める, 硬化 |
| Lithuanian | grūdinti, užgrūdinti | Macedonian | се стврдне, се стврднува, стврднува |
| Norwegian | forherde, herde | Polish | stwardnieć, twardnieć, uodpornić, utwardzić, zatwardzać, zatwardzić |
| Portuguese | empedernir, endurecer | Quechua | chuchuyay, rumiyay, sinchiyay |
| Russian | закаливать, затвердевать, затвердеть, ожесточать, ожесточить, отвердевать, отвердеть, твердеть, ужесточать, ужесточить | Spanish | acerar, encallecer, endurecer |
| Swedish | hårdna, hårdra, håva |