| Example in Icelandic | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Verið ekki að þrasa, börnin góð. | - Please, children, don't quarrel. - Say... |
| Verið ekki að þrasa, börnin góð. | - Please, children, don't quarrel. - Say... |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azeri | savaşmaq | Dutch | kiften,kijven, kribben, twisten |
| English | quarrel | Finnish | jahnata, kinata, kärhämöidä, riidellä, torailla |
| French | quereller, querner | German | sich zoffen, zerstreiten |
| Greek | καβγαδίζω, καβουρδίζω, καυτηριάζω, καψαλίζομαι, φιλονικώ, φιλοτιμούμαι, φιλοφρονώ, φκιασιδώνω, φλέγω | Hungarian | veszekedik, veszekszik |
| Indonesian | berselisih | Italian | altercare, baccagliare, litigare |
| Latvian | strīdēties | Lithuanian | bartis, pyktis, priešgyniauti, susiginčyti |
| Macedonian | се кара | Norwegian | trette |
| Polish | posprzeczać, ujadać | Portuguese | querelar |
| Romanian | certa | Russian | браниться, враждовать, поругаться, поссориться, ссориться |
| Spanish | quejarse | Swedish | gräla, kivas, klacka, skäkta |