| Example in Latvian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Būdams jaunais burvestību ministrs es solu atjaunot šī iecietības tempļa agrāko krāšņumu. | As your new Minister for Magic I promise to restore this temple of tolerance to its former glory. |
| Bet tu, svins necilais, Kas drīzāk piedraudi, Ne man ko soli, - | But you, O meagre lead, which rather threatenest than dost promise aught, your paleness moves me more... than eloquence. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | belowe | Arabic | عدك |
| Azeri | vəd etmək | Catalan | prometre |
| Dutch | beloven,toezeggen, uitloven | English | promise |
| Esperanto | promesi | Finnish | lupailla, lupautua, luvata |
| French | promettre | German | verheißen, versprechen, zusagen |
| Greek | υπάσχομαι, υπόσχομαι | Hungarian | ígér, megígér |
| Indonesian | berjanji, menjanjikan | Italian | promettere, ripromettersi |
| Japanese | 約束 | Lithuanian | pažadeti, prižadėti, žadėti |
| Macedonian | вети, ветува | Polish | obiecać, obiecywać, przyobiecać, przyrzec, przyrzekać |
| Portuguese | prometer | Romanian | promite |
| Russian | обещать, пообещать, посулить, сулить | Spanish | prometer, prometerse |
| Turkish | söz vermek | Vietnamese | hùa, hứa, hứa hẹn, thề nguyền, ước hẹn |