| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Samaan aikaan kaipuu paaduttaa sydämen. | And at the same time, this longing hardens the heart. |
| "Rangaistus ei paaduta pelkästään vankeja, - vaan myös sen langettajat." | "It's not only prisoners who grow course and hardened "from corporal punishment, but those as well who perpetrate the act or who are present to witness it." |
| 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 |
