| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Kalau ia mengadu pada Magistrate (Anggota senat), aku khawatir... | If he complains to the magistrate, I worry... |
| Kau katakan kepada Komandanmu jika aku akan mengadu ke Ketua Penjara di Pretoria. | You tell your commanding officer I will be complaining to the head of the prison service in Pretoria. |
| Biarkan aku bermain atau aku akan mengadu ke ibu .. | Let me play or l will complain to mom.. |
| Jadi Pak Silverwing akan mengadu kepada atasan kita dengan istilah terpedas. | Watch your head. So Mr. Silverwing is gonna complain to our superiors in the strongest terms. |
| Bagaimana jika Mark Corso mengadu? | What if Mark Corso puts in a complaint? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | تذمر,شكأ, شكا | Catalan | queixar-se |
| Danish | anke, klage | Dutch | beklagen, klagen |
| English | complain | Esperanto | plendi |
| Estonian | hädaldama, kaebama | Faroese | klaga |
| Finnish | valitella | French | clamer, moufter, se plaindre, se plaire, se planquer |
| German | beklagen, raunzen, reklamieren, zetern | Greek | διαμαρτύρομαι, παραπονιέμαι, παραπονούμαι, παραστρατίζω, παρατιμονιάζω, παραφωνάζω, παραχειμάζω, παραχοντραίνω |
| Icelandic | kvarta | Italian | condolersi, lagnarsi, piatire |
| Latvian | sūdzēties, žēloties | Lithuanian | pasiskųsti |
| Macedonian | се жали, се побуни, се пожали | Norwegian | klage |
| Persian | شکایت کردن | Polish | labiedzić, narzekać, naskarżyć, ponarzekać, stęknąć, uskarżać, żalić |
| Portuguese | queixar, reclamar | Russian | жаловаться, пожаловаться, проохать |
| Spanish | dolerse, quejar, rechistar, renegar | Swedish | beklaga, bekläda, bekosta, klaga, klampa, klandra |
| Thai | ร้องทุกข์ | Turkish | şikâyet etmek, şikâyette bulunmak, yakınmak |
| Vietnamese | khiếu nại, phàn nàn, than phiền |