| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Aku bisa memperpendek hukumanmu. | I can get your sentence shortened. |
| "Dia tampaknya memperpendek larinya." | 'He seems to be shortening his run.' |
| Aku memperpendek talimu, James. | I'm shortening your leash, James. |
| Itu membuat yang lain melihat sesuatu, tapi itu meracuni si pengubah wajah dan memperpendek umurnya. | It makes others see things, but it poisons the face-shifter and drastically shortens their life. |
| Jika industri sudah menggunakan mesin, daripada memperpendek jam kerja, mereka akan mengurangi karyawan, anda kehilangan pekerjaan, jadi Anda berhak untuk takut pada mesin. | When industry takes on a machine instead of shortening the work day, they downsize. You loose your job so you have a right to fear machines. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | قصر | Danish | forkorte |
| Dutch | korten,verkorten | English | shorten |
| Esperanto | mallongigi | Estonian | kontraheeruma, lühenema |
| Finnish | lyhentyä, lyhentää, lyhetä | French | écourter, raccourcir |
| German | kürzen, verkürzen | Greek | κονταίνω, συμπτύσσω, συντομεύω |
| Hebrew | קיצר | Hungarian | kurtít, rövidít |
| Icelandic | stytta, stýfa | Italian | accorciare, accorciarsi, accorcire, raccorciare, scorciare, scorciarsi, scorcire |
| Japanese | 縮む, 縮める | Lithuanian | patrumpinti, sutrumpėti, sutrumpinti, trumpėti |
| Macedonian | скрати, скратува, скуси | Norwegian | korte |
| Polish | skracać | Portuguese | atalhar, encurtar |
| Romanian | scurta | Russian | сократить, сокращать, укорачивать, укоротить |
| Spanish | acortarse | Swedish | korta, kortna, kortsluta |
| Thai | ร่น | Turkish | kısalmak, kısaltılmak |
| Vietnamese | rút ngắn |
