| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Orang itu tercekik. | Guy was choked. |
| Richard bukan tercekik. | Richard wasn't choked. |
| Tunggu, saya hampir tercekik. | Wait, I almost choked. Holy sh-! My gosh! |
| Pasti membuat hampir tercekik saat kami menyeret dokter hewan itu dari bis kan? | Must have nearly choked when we grabbed that vet off the bus, huh? |
| Akan membuat dia tercekik. | This will choke him. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | زرد | Basque | ito |
| Catalan | ennuegar | Dutch | choken,choqueren, opstoppen, smoren |
| English | choke | Estonian | läkastama, lämbuma |
| Finnish | tikahtua | French | choker, étouffer |
| German | drosseln, erwürgen, würgen | Hungarian | fojt, fullad |
| Icelandic | kafna | Italian | strozzare |
| Japanese | 噎せる | Lithuanian | springti, užspringti |
| Macedonian | гуши, загуши | Norwegian | kvele |
| Polish | dławić, udławić, zadławić, zakrztusić | Portuguese | asfixiar, engasgar, sufocar |
| Romanian | sugruma | Russian | давиться, задохнуться, задыхаться, захлебнуться, захлёбываться, подавиться, поперхнуться, придушить |
| Spanish | atragantar | Swedish | choka, chosa |
| Turkish | boğmak | Vietnamese | chẹt |