| Example in Malay | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Kau punya 60 menit untuk menghindari kematian. | You have 60 minutes to complete your tests and avoid this fate. |
| Pembayaran reguler akan menghindari masalah. | Regular payments will avoid problems. |
| Nice Anda menghindari teh. | Nice you avoid tea. |
| Jadi untuk menghindari penjelasan yang bertele-tele dan jauh dari radar Company- kalian harus menundukkan kepala, dan membuka telinga lebar-lebar. | So to avoid any messy explanations and stay off the Company's radar- you need to keep your heads down and your ears open. |
| Jangan berpikir Anda telah menghindari berbicara tentang kantor kepala sekolah. | Don't think you've avoided talking about the principal's office. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | تجنب,تحاشى, نافر | Catalan | evitar |
| Dutch | mijden, mijmeren, vermijden | English | avoid |
| Estonian | vältima | Finnish | kaihtaa, kartella, karttaa, välttää |
| French | garer | German | aussparen, meiden, vermeiden |
| Greek | αποφεύγω | Hungarian | elkerül |
| Indonesian | menghindari, menghindarkan | Italian | evitare, pretermettere |
| Japanese | 忌む, 避く, 避ける | Latvian | izvairīties |
| Lithuanian | išvengti, vengti | Macedonian | избегне, избегнува, одбегне |
| Norwegian | unngå | Polish | omijać, stronić, unikać, uniknąć |
| Portuguese | evitar | Russian | избегать, избежать, сторониться |
| Spanish | evitar, obviar, rehuir | Swedish | undkomma, undvika |
| Thai | แคล้วคลาด | Turkish | kaçınmak, önlemek, sakınmak, uzak durmak |
| Vietnamese | né tránh |