| Example in Macedonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Сам го мелам. | - I grind my own beans. |
| - Сам си ги мелам зрната. | - I grind my own beans. |
| Ставаат во машина и мелат. | They put it into a machine and grind it up. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | طحن | Catalan | moldre |
| Dutch | bijslijpen,fijnmalen, grinden, inslijpen, vergruizen, vermalen | English | grind |
| Esperanto | mueli | Estonian | ihuma, terituma |
| Faroese | knasa, mala | Finnish | jauhaa, smirgelöidä |
| French | égriser, moler, moudre | German | mahlen |
| Greek | αλέθω, αλευρώνω | Hebrew | טחן |
| Hungarian | darál, őröl | Icelandic | mala, mylja |
| Indonesian | giling, menggilas, menggiling | Italian | digrignare, macinare, molare, triturare |
| Lithuanian | brūžinti, malti, tekinti | Malay | mencanai |
| Polish | doszlifować, mielić, mleć, namleć, przemielić, przemleć, przeszlifować, rozdrabiać, szlifować, wyszlifować, zemleć, zgrzytać, zmielić | Portuguese | triturar |
| Quechua | allpayachiy, kutay | Romanian | măcina |
| Russian | молоть, отшлифовать, растереть, растирать, смолоть, шлифовать | Spanish | amolar, machar, moler, triturar |
| Swedish | mala | Thai | กรอ |
| Turkish | çektirmek | Vietnamese | giã, mài, nghiến, xay |