| Example in Macedonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Се гледаше од тостерот, а јас го дигнав тостерот, го држев... сакаше подобро да се види од него... и се наслони на мојата рака... и после, не сакав само да се свртам... Не сакав да и ги повредам чувствата со тоа што одма ќе ја тргнам раката. | She was looking in the toaster and l was holding the toaster... she wanted to get a better look at her face in it... and she leaned against the back of my hand... and so, l didn't want to just turn.... l didn't want to hurt her feelings by taking it away fast. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azeri | söykənmək | Catalan | obliquar,recolzar |
| Dutch | aanleunen, leunen | English | lean |
| Estonian | naaldama, najatama, najatuma, nõjatama, nõjatuma | Finnish | nojailla, nojata |
| French | accoter, adosser, appuyer | German | lehnen |
| Greek | ακουμπάω, ακουμπώ, ακριβαίνω, ακριβολογώ, ακριβοπληρώνω, ακροάζομαι, ακροβατώ, ακροβολίζομαι, ακυρολεκτώ, κλίνω | Hungarian | támaszt |
| Indonesian | bertekan, bertopang, condong, menyandarkan | Italian | poggiare, strapiombare |
| Japanese | 傾げる, 偏る, 片寄る | Lithuanian | atsiremti, parimti |
| Norwegian | lene | Polish | wychylić |
| Romanian | rezema | Russian | опереться, опираться, приваливать, привалить, прислонить, прислонять |
| Spanish | acodarse, apoyarse, recostarse | Swedish | luta |
| Thai | ตะแคง, ฝืดเคือง, ยัน | Turkish | eğmek |
| Vietnamese | ngả, rướn |