| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Aiotko ojentaa sitä rampaa, vai pitääkö minun tehdä se itse? | Now, are you gonna straighten out that gimp, or am I gonna do it myself? |
| Minun piti ojentaa heitä kuin Bruce Lee. | I gotta straighten things out. I had to bust some heads like Bruce Lee. |
| Saanko ojentaa orkideoja liivissänne? | May I straighten the orchids on your bodice? |
| Jos hän pokkuroi, minä ojennan häntä. | He gets out of line, I'll straighten him out. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azeri | dikəltmək | Danish | rette |
| Dutch | rechtbuigen,rechtmaken, rechttrekken | English | straighten |
| Esperanto | rektigi, rektiĝi | Estonian | kohendama, sirgendama, sirgestama |
| Faroese | beina | French | décrêper |
| German | richten | Hebrew | זקף |
| Icelandic | rétta | Indonesian | membereskan |
| Italian | addirizzare, drizzare, raddrizzare | Japanese | 矯める, 整理 |
| Lithuanian | ištiesinti, krieti | Macedonian | исправи, исправува |
| Persian | راست کردن | Polish | naprostować, obciągnąć, prostować, wyprostować |
| Portuguese | endireitar | Romanian | dezdoi, îndrepta |
| Russian | выправить, выправлять, выпрямить, выпрямлять, прямить, распрямить, распрямлять | Spanish | arreglar, enderezar, enderezarse, erguirse |
| Swedish | rikta, räta | Turkish | doğrulmak, yoluna girmek, yoluna koymak |