Hawaiian
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | lees | Albanian | lexoj |
| Arabic | قرأ,قرا | Azeri | oxumaq |
| Basque | irakurri | Catalan | llegir |
| Danish | læse | Dutch | aflezen, inlezen, inlichten, lezen, liberaliseren, nalezen, oplezen, oplichten, uitlezen, voorlezen, voorlichten |
| English | read | Esperanto | legi |
| Faroese | lesa | Finnish | lukea |
| French | bouquiner, lire, relire | German | ablesen, lesen |
| Greek | διαβάζω | Hebrew | קרא |
| Hungarian | lektorál, olvas | Icelandic | lesa |
| Indonesian | baca, baca-baca, berbunyi, membaca, membacakan | Italian | leggere |
| Japanese | 読む, 読書, 拝読 | Latvian | nolasīt |
| Lithuanian | pasiskaityti, paskaityti, persiskaityti, skaityti | Macedonian | прочита, чита |
| Malay | baca | Maltese | qara |
| Maori | pānui | Norwegian | lesa, lese |
| Persian | خواندن | Polish | czytać, odczytać, odczytywać, poczytać, przeczytać, wyczytać |
| Portuguese | ler | Quechua | liyiy, ñawilliy, ñawinchay, ñawiriy, ñawiy, qillqaqhaway |
| Romanian | citi | Russian | почитать, прочитать, честь, читать, читаться, читывать |
| Spanish | leer | Swedish | läsa |
| Thai | อ่าน | Turkish | okumak, okunmak |
| Vietnamese | đọc, giàng, giảng, giạng, giăng, giằng |