| Example in Macedonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| "Како сега, викна Артур." | ... oh now, cried Arthur. |
| 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 | Icelandic | græta, skæla, væla |
| Indonesian | menangis, tangis | Italian | lacrimare, vagire |
| Latvian | raudāt | Lithuanian | paraudoti, paverkti, verkti |
| 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 |