| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Bagaimana jika aku mengecat batu nisan saja? | How about I paint tombstones instead? |
| Aku membantumu mengecat, bukan? | I helped you paint, didn't I? |
| Hey, Kris Kringle, beri aku sumbangan uang sebelum aku mengecat dinding ini dengan hiasan natal. | Hey, Kris Kringle, give me the cash donations before I paint these walls with Christmas cheer. |
| Siapa akan mengecat pohon-pohon itu? | Who do you think is gonna paint all those trees? |
| Kami mengecat pintu merah. Dan dia menaruh tangannya di atasnya. | We painted that door red and he-he put his hand on it. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azeri | boyamaq,rəngləmək | Catalan | pintar |
| Danish | male | Dutch | beschilderen, penselen, pensioneren, schilderen, verven |
| English | paint | Esperanto | farbi, pentri |
| Estonian | maalima | Faroese | mála |
| Finnish | maalailla, sivellä | French | dépeindre, peindre, peinturer, peinturlurer |
| German | anmalen, bemalen, pinseln, streichen | Greek | βάφω, βάψω |
| Hungarian | fest, pingál | Icelandic | mála, penta |
| Italian | dipingere, iridare, pennellare, pittare, pitturare, pitturarsi, tinteggiare | Japanese | 作画, 塗装, 描く |
| Latvian | krāsot | Lithuanian | ištapyti, nudažyti, piešti, tapyti, tepti |
| Macedonian | бојадиса, бојадисува, искречи, наслика, слика | Norwegian | male |
| Polish | malować, namalować, pędzlować, pomalować, szminkować, wymalować, zamalować | Portuguese | pintar |
| Romanian | boi, picta, vopsi | Russian | выкрасить, выкрашивать, накрасить, накрашивать, раскрасить, раскрашивать, расписать, расписывать |
| Spanish | pintar | Swedish | måla |
| Thai | ทา | Turkish | boyalamak, boyamak |
| Vietnamese | són, sơn, sởn, ve, vè, vê |