| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Minä sadattelen, luen tuhmia kirjoja. | I swear, I read dirty books. I eat and drink what I like. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | sweer | Arabic | شتم |
| Azeri | söymək | Catalan | jurar |
| Danish | svære,sværge | Dutch | sakkeren, vloeken, zweren |
| English | swear | Esperanto | ĵuri |
| Faroese | svørja | French | assermenter, jurer |
| German | fluchen, geloben, schwören | Greek | ορκοδοτώ |
| Hungarian | esküszik, káromkodik | Indonesian | bersumpah, menyumpah |
| Italian | bestemmiare, giurare | Japanese | 誓う |
| Lithuanian | dievagotis, keiksnoti, keikti, keiktis, prisiekti | Macedonian | опцуе, пцуе, се колне |
| Polish | kląć, nakląć, przysięgać, przysięgnąć, skląć | Portuguese | jurar |
| Romanian | înjura, jura | Russian | выругаться, материться, присягать, присягнуть |
| Spanish | jurar | Swedish | beediga, svärja |
| Thai | สบถ, สาบาน | Turkish | küfretmek |
| Vietnamese | chửi rủa, chửi thề |
