| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Dia suka alkohol, tetapi kau tidak di sini untuk mendengarku merengek. | She like alcohol, but you ain't here to hear me whine. |
| Jangan merengek, itu sia-sia. | Don't whine. It's pointless. |
| Dia mungkin kelaparan, karena dia bangun dan dia cuma merengek... | He's probably hungry, 'cause he wakes up and he just whines... |
| jangan merengek sementara kalian lari keliling lapangan. | Don't whine. |
| Hentikan rengekanmu, putri./ Chloe Winthrop Ashe tidak merengek. | - Quit whining, princesa. - Chloe Winthrop Ashe does not whine. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | jengelen,zeiken, zeuren | English | whine |
| Estonian | niitsatama | Faroese | hvína |
| Finnish | ruikuttaa, vikistä, ynähtää, älistä | French | pleurnicher |
| German | greinen, jammern, winseln | Hungarian | nyafog |
| Italian | piagnucolare, uggiolare | Lithuanian | verkšlenti, zirzti |
| Macedonian | квичи | Norwegian | hyle |
| Polish | sklamrzeć, skomleć, skowyczeć, zakwilić | Portuguese | ganir, lamuriar, planger |
| Quechua | anschiykachay | Russian | заныть, скулить |
| Spanish | gimotear, ñoñear | Swedish | lipa |
| Thai | สะอื้น | Turkish | mızırdanmak, mızmızlanmak |