| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Kultaseni, minä sanoin, ei ruinata hra Mikelta. | Sweetheart, I told you, no begging Mr. Mike. |
| Se oli virhe. Ajattelin että isä saisi kerrankin rahaa - eikä hänen tarvitsisi ruinata aina minulta. | I thought it'd be nice for him to stand on his own two feet for a change to not have to come begging me for money all the time. |
| Kunnon kansalaiset ruinaavat- raiskaajia, huumediilereitä ja murhaajia kotikulmilleen. | Nice, upstanding citizens begging to have rapists, drug dealers and murderers right in their own backyard. |
| - Minäkö ruinasin? | I-I begged you? |
| Sinä ruinasit minua töihin. | All right, you begged me to come home and help you. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | bedel | Albanian | lyp |
| Catalan | suplicar | Dutch | schooien,smeken |
| English | beg | Esperanto | elpetigi |
| Estonian | kerjama, paluma, santima | French | mendier, mendigoter, prier, supplier |
| German | anflehen, betteln | Greek | αιτώ, διακονεύω, εκλιπαρώ, ζητιανεύω |
| Hungarian | kéreget, könyörög | Indonesian | mengemis |
| Italian | accattare, elemosinare, mendicare, pitoccare, questuare, scongiurare | Lithuanian | elgegauti, elgetauti, išmaldauti, maldauti, melsti |
| Macedonian | моли, преколнува, проси | Norwegian | tigge |
| Polish | wyprosić | Portuguese | mendigar, suplicar |
| Romanian | cerși, țigăni | Russian | взмолиться |
| Spanish | mendigar, pordiosear, rogar, suplicar | Swedish | bettla, tigga |
| Turkish | dilenmek | Vietnamese | cầu khẩn, thỉnh cầu, van |