| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Aku bersumpah aku tidak akan mengutil lagi. | l swear to God l will never shoplift again. |
| Tidak ada, aku bersumpah demi tuhan, itu bukan aku. | Nothing. I swear to God, it wasn't me. |
| Satu hari, Raymond, aku akan bersumpah pada Tuhan. | One day, Raymond... I swear to God... - I know. |
| Aku bersumpah demi Tuhan, jika kau mengatakan sesuatu... | I swear to God, if you say anything... |
| Alice bukan ide saya! Aku bersumpah! | Alice, it wasn't my idea, I swear! |
| 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 | Finnish | kiroilla, manailla, sadatella, vannoa |
| French | assermenter, jurer | German | fluchen, geloben, schwören |
| Greek | ορκοδοτώ | Hungarian | esküszik, káromkodik |
| 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 |