| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Kau selalu memarahi saya setiap kali seseorang sudah dekat, Sayang | You always scold me whenever somebody is near, dear |
| Jangan memarahi Jung Woo. | Don't scold Jung Woo. |
| Tidak saya tidak akan keluar lagi karena mereka akan memarahi saya kau akan keluar jika tidak ada yang mengenalimu | No way I won't come out again as they will scold me You'll come out if no one recognizes you |
| Aku ingin keluar sendiri, Aku tak ingin ibu memarahi saya lagi. | l want to go out alone, l don't want mom to scold me again. |
| Dengar, aku tidak bermaksud memarahi kamu. | Look, I don't mean to scold you. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | زبر | Dutch | uitkafferen |
| English | scold | Finnish | läksyttää,torua |
| French | gronder | German | ermahnen, schelten, schimpfen, schinden |
| Italian | rimproverare, sgridare | Japanese | どやす, 叱る, 叱責 |
| Latvian | rāt | Lithuanian | barti |
| Macedonian | искара, кара, прекорува | Norwegian | skjelle |
| Polish | besztać, karcić, łajać, nakrzyczeć, ochrzanić, skarcić, wystrofować, złajać | Portuguese | ralhar, rezingar, xingar |
| Russian | бранить, костить, поругать | Spanish | reconvenir, reñir |
| Thai | ชยันโต | Vietnamese | chửi mắng, cự, gắt, la mắng, mắng nhiếc, quát mắng, trách mắng |