| Example in Macedonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Иако сега ја има омекнато (ја омекнува) неговата позиција пред изборната трка, неговиот долготраен отпор кон процесот и понатаму загрижува. | While he has now softened his stance in advance of the runoff election, his longtime opposition to the process remains concerning. |
| Сега Сал го омекнува. | Sal's softening him up right now. |
| Дали си сигурен во тоа? Јас добивам впечаток дека Рајкон почнал да омекнува. | I get the impression the market for Rincon is softening. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | خنس | Catalan | estovar |
| Danish | blødgøre | Dutch | vermurwen,vertederen, verweken, weken |
| English | soften | Estonian | muhendama, muhenema |
| Finnish | heltyä, pehmentyä, pehmentää, pehmetä, pehmittää, pehmitä | French | amollir, amonceler, flexibiliser, radoucir |
| German | avivieren, enthärten, mildern | Greek | απαλύνω, απαριθμούμαι |
| Indonesian | melunak, melunakkan, memperlunak | Italian | addolciare, afflosciare, ammencire, ammollarsi, ammollire, ammorbidire, disacerbarsi, intenerire, rammollire, rammollirsi, rammorbidire, rammorbidirsi, sfumare |
| Japanese | 和む | Norwegian | myke, mykne |
| Polish | łagodnieć, mięknąć, namięknąć, odmięknąć, rozmiękczać, rozmiękczyć, spulchniać, wyciszać, zmiękczać, zmiękczyć | Portuguese | abrandar, amaciar, amolecer, amolentar, suavizar |
| Russian | мякнуть, размякать, размякнуть, смягчаться, смягчиться | Spanish | abemolar, ablandar, ablandarse, emblandecer, esfumar, reblandecer, reblandecerse, suavizar, suavizarse |
| Swedish | mjuka, mjukna, mobba | Thai | น่วม |
| Turkish | yumuşamak, yumuşatılmak, yumuşatmak |