| Example in Lithuanian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Aš tavęs pralaukiau dvi valandas. | I mean, I waited for two hours. |
| Valandą pralaukiau oro uoste. | - I waited an hour for you at the airport. |
| Mes pusę nakties pralaukėme veltui. | I hear Father changed his plans and welcomed you in person. We all waited up half the night in vain. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | wag | Arabic | انتظر |
| Azeri | gözləmək | Catalan | esperar,tardar |
| Danish | vente | Dutch | wachten |
| English | wait | Faroese | bíða |
| Finnish | vartoa, venata, ventata, vuottaa | German | kellnern, warten |
| Greek | περιμένω | Hebrew | חיכה |
| Hungarian | vár, várakozik | Icelandic | bíða |
| Indonesian | menunggu, menunggui, tunggu | Japanese | 待つ |
| Latvian | gaidīt, pagaidīt | Macedonian | чека |
| Malay | menunggu, tunggu | Maori | tatari |
| Norwegian | bie, venta | Persian | صبر کردن |
| Polish | czekać, doczekać, odczekać, poczekać, przeczekać, zaczekać | Portuguese | esperar |
| Quechua | suyay | Romanian | adăsta |
| Russian | ждать, обождать, поджидать, подождать | Spanish | aguardar |
| Swedish | vänta | Thai | คอย, รอ, รา |
| Turkish | beklemek, bekletmek | Vietnamese | chờ |