| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Dia memuntir kata-katanya, dia menggunakan Kitab Suci. | He's twisting his words, he's using the Scriptures. |
| Sekarang, gajah memuntir belalainya. | Now, the elephant twists its trunk! |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | verbuig | Arabic | لوى |
| Azeri | burmaq | Catalan | torçar,tòrcer |
| Danish | vride | Dutch | ineendraaien, torderen |
| English | twist | Esperanto | tordi |
| Estonian | keerduma | Finnish | vääristellä |
| French | retordre, torsader, tortiller | German | verdrehen, zwirnen |
| Hungarian | csavar | Italian | attorcigliare, attorcigliarsi, avviticchiare, avviticchiarsi, contorcere, distorcere, ritorcere, storcere, storcersi, stortare, svergolare, torcere |
| Japanese | 畝る, 捻る, 拗ける, 捩る | Lithuanian | susukti |
| Macedonian | извитка, изврти | Maori | whiri |
| Norwegian | tvinne | Persian | پیچیدن |
| Polish | pogiąć, przeinaczać, przekręcić, wykręcać, zwichrować | Portuguese | torcer |
| Quechua | kachuy, q'iwiy | Russian | закрутиться, закручиваться, крутить, покрутить, скрутить, скручивать |
| Spanish | torcer, torcerse | Swedish | twista |
| Thai | กระบิด, ตีเกลียว, บิด, เอี้ยว | Turkish | burkulmak, büğemek |
| Vietnamese | uẩn khúc, xoắn xuýt |