| Example in Icelandic | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Þú grætir mig ekki í dag. | You will not make me cry today. |
| Ūú grætir mig ekki í dag. | You will not make me cry today. |
| Auđvitađ græt ég líka. | I' m not saying I don' t cry. |
| Ef þú segir mér þær yfir matnum, græt ég ofan í súpuna. | If you tell me over dinner, I'll cry in my soup. |
| Ég græt því fyrir hann. | So, I cry for him. |
| Innst inni græt ég. | If you could see inside... ...I'm really crying. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | huil | Albanian | qaj |
| Arabic | عج | Azeri | ağlamaq |
| Catalan | plorar | Danish | græde |
| Dutch | grienen,huilen, krijten, schreien, uithuilen, wenen | English | cry |
| Esperanto | kriadi, plori | Estonian | hüüdma, nutma, pirisema |
| Faroese | grøta | Finnish | huhuilla, itkeskellä, itkeä, jollottaa, kiljahtaa, kiljaista, pillittää, vetistellä, vollottaa |
| French | crier, criminaliser | German | weinen |
| Greek | διαλαλώ, κλαίω , κλαψουρίζω, κραυγάζω, κρεμιέμαι, κρημνίζω | Hebrew | בכה |
| Hungarian | sír | Indonesian | menangis, tangis |
| Italian | lacrimare, vagire | Latvian | raudāt |
| Lithuanian | paraudoti, paverkti, verkti | Macedonian | викне, плаче |
| Malay | tangis | Maori | tangi |
| Norwegian | grine, gråta, gråte | Polish | płakać, popłakać, rozpłakać, wygadać, zapłakać |
| Portuguese | apregoar, chorar | Quechua | waqay |
| Romanian | plânge | Russian | кричать, плакать |
| Spanish | lagrimar, llorar | Swedish | böla, gråta |
| Thai | กันแสง, กำสรวล, ร้องไห้, โศกา, ไห้ | Turkish | ağlamak, haykırışmak |
| Vietnamese | khóc, khóc than, khóc thầm, la |