| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Mutta, robotti, ei folklaulua voi vain tekaista niin kuin lääkärin tutkintoa. | But, robot, you can't just make up folk songs like you can a medical diploma. |
| Kerroin vain, että Kayla on isoäitinsä luona ja tekaisin tarinan siitä miten loukkaannuin. | All I told them is Kayla is staying with her grandmother, and I made up a story about how I got hurt. |
| Soitin juuri ja tekaisin jonkun ampumajutun Millbrook Parkissa. | I just called and made up some story about a shooting in Millbrook Park. |
| Että tekaisimme takavarikointitarinan? | That we made up that whole story about the seizure? |
| Olet tekaissut nämä ihmiset. | These people you've made up. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | goedmaken,grimeren, schminken | English | make up |
| Esperanto | decidigi, konsistigi | Estonian | meikima |
| French | maquiller, rattraper, se dédommager, se dédorer, se dédouaner, se défâcher, se défarder, se défarguer, se défausser, se défendre | German | nachholen, schminken, umbrechen |
| Hebrew | בדה | Hungarian | bepótol, sminkel |
| Indonesian | membuat-buat, merias | Italian | imbellettare, impastocchiare, ripianare, rivalersi, truccarsi |
| Japanese | 作り上げる, 組成, 編成, 捏っち上げる | Lithuanian | grimuoti, nugrimuoti, nusigrimuoti, pramanyti |
| Macedonian | измисли, измислува, надоместува, сочинува | Portuguese | integrar, maquiar |
| Romanian | împăca | Russian | верстать, наверстать, навёрстывать, придумать, придумывать, сверстать |
| Spanish | fabular, integrar | Thai | กุ |
| Turkish | ayak yapmak, makyaj yapmak, uydurmak | Vietnamese | phấn sáp, tô điểm, trang điểm |