| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Allah zal het verhoeden. | - Allah will prevent it. - Aye. |
| God verhoedt jullie ontsnapping. | God has prevented your escape. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | عزر,نع | English | prevent |
| Esperanto | antaŭmalhelpi, antaŭvidi, malhelpi, neebligi, preventi | Finnish | ehkäistä, estää |
| French | empêcher | German | abhalten, hindern, verhindern, vorbeugen |
| Hungarian | megakadályoz | Indonesian | cegah, mencegah |
| Japanese | 阻止, 防止 | Latvian | kavēt, novērst |
| Lithuanian | sukliudyti, sutrukdyti | Macedonian | спречи, спречува |
| Norwegian | forebygge, forhindre | Polish | dopuścić, przeszkodzić, uniemożliwiać, uniemożliwić, zapobiec, zapobiegać |
| Portuguese | acautelar, impedir, prevenir | Russian | воспрепятствовать |
| Spanish | precaver, prevenir | Swedish | förebygga |
| Thai | ปกป้อง | Turkish | önlenmek, önüne geçmek |
| Vietnamese | cản trở, ngăn cản, ngăn chặn, ngăn ngừa, phòng, phòng ngừa |