| Example in Latvian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Te sāk smirdēt. Nekā. | It's starting to stink around here. |
| Šī mašīna smird, zini to? | This car stinks, do you know that? |
| Gari zobi, milzīgas pieres, no viņiem smird. - Mangalori. | They got big teeth, and they got big foreheads, and they stink. |
| — Nebija nevienas, kas man patiktu, jo meitenes smird. | There was nobody that l liked, because girls stink. They stink. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | أروح | Catalan | pudir |
| Dutch | stinken | English | stink |
| Esperanto | fetori | Estonian | haisutama,lehkama |
| Finnish | lemuta, löyhkätä | French | chlinguer, chloraliser, cocotter, empester, puer |
| German | miefen, stinken | Hawaiian | pilau |
| Hungarian | bűzlik | Italian | impuzzolentire, putire |
| Lithuanian | dvokti, smirdėti, tvaikti, užsmirsti | Macedonian | смрди |
| Polish | cuchnąć, smrodzić, śmierdzieć, zaśmierdzieć | Portuguese | empestear, feder, tresandar |
| Quechua | asnay, hunyay | Russian | вонять, смердеть |
| Spanish | apestar, heder | Swedish | stinka |
