| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Cézanne wilde het afkrabben. | Cezanne was about to scrape it. |
| Hij moest de muren afkrabben. | He had to scrape the walls. |
| Ik weet niet of ik het moet kammen of afkrabben en begraven ! | I don't know whether to comb it or scrape it off and bury it in lime! |
| Ik zei je haar te waxen, niet afkrabben. | I told you to wax her, not scrape her. |
| We moesten 'm van de muren afkrabben. | We had to scrape the walls. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | بثر,كشط | Catalan | raure |
| English | scrape | Esperanto | skrapadi |
| Estonian | kaabitsema, kraapsama, kraapsima, kribisema, kriimustama, pahteldama | Finnish | kaapia, kaaputtaa |
| French | crisser, cristalliser, râper | German | abkratzen, scharren |
| Hungarian | percen | Icelandic | skafa |
| Indonesian | mengikis, mengorek | Italian | raschiettare |
| Lithuanian | gramdyti | Norwegian | skrape |
| Polish | chrobotać, cyklinować, oskrobać, poskrobać, skrobać, szurać, szusnąć, wyskrobać, zdrapać, zeskrobać, zeskrobywać, zgarniać | Portuguese | rascar, raspar |
| Russian | выскабливать, скрести | Spanish | decapar, escoriar, legrar, raer |
| Thai | เก็บเล็กผสมน้อย, ขูด, ครูด, ถาก | Turkish | kazımak, kazınmak |
| Vietnamese | cạo |