| Example in Macedonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Гледаш како се скратува сенката? | See how the shadow shortens? |
| Тоа малку го скратува списокот. | Does shorten the list a bit. |
| Истовремено, се јавува скратување на сезоната на одгледување во јужните географски широчини. | At the same time, there has been a shortening of the growing season at southern latitudes. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | قصر | Danish | forkorte |
| Dutch | korten,verkorten | English | shorten |
| Esperanto | mallongigi | Estonian | kontraheeruma, lühenema |
| Finnish | lyhentyä, lyhentää, lyhetä | French | écourter, raccourcir |
| German | kürzen, verkürzen | Greek | κονταίνω, συμπτύσσω, συντομεύω |
| Hebrew | קיצר | Hungarian | kurtít, rövidít |
| Icelandic | stytta, stýfa | Indonesian | memperpendek, mempersingkat |
| Italian | accorciare, accorciarsi, accorcire, raccorciare, scorciare, scorciarsi, scorcire | Japanese | 縮む, 縮める |
| Lithuanian | patrumpinti, sutrumpėti, sutrumpinti, trumpėti | Norwegian | korte |
| Polish | skracać | Portuguese | atalhar, encurtar |
| Romanian | scurta | Russian | сократить, сокращать, укорачивать, укоротить |
| Spanish | acortarse | Swedish | korta, kortna, kortsluta |
| Thai | ร่น | Turkish | kısalmak, kısaltılmak |
| Vietnamese | rút ngắn |