| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Franklin oli tikahtua kateudesta. | Franklin choked with envy when he saw it. |
| Saisi tikahtua sanoihinsa. | He should have to eat it and choke. |
| Minä aivan tikahdun, Ray. | Oh, Ray, I'm gonna choke from laughter. |
| Hän tikahtui sinuun. | It's almost like he choked on you. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | زرد | Basque | ito |
| Catalan | ennuegar | Dutch | choken,choqueren, opstoppen, smoren |
| English | choke | Estonian | läkastama, lämbuma |
| French | choker, étouffer | German | drosseln, erwürgen, würgen |
| Hungarian | fojt, fullad | Icelandic | kafna |
| Indonesian | cekik, tercekik, tersumbat | Italian | strozzare |
| Japanese | 噎せる | Lithuanian | springti, užspringti |
| Macedonian | гуши, загуши | Norwegian | kvele |
| Polish | dławić, udławić, zadławić, zakrztusić | Portuguese | asfixiar, engasgar, sufocar |
| Romanian | sugruma | Russian | давиться, задохнуться, задыхаться, захлебнуться, захлёбываться, подавиться, поперхнуться, придушить |
| Spanish | atragantar | Swedish | choka, chosa |
| Turkish | boğmak | Vietnamese | chẹt |