| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Je longen verstrakken. | Your lungs will tighten, Your nose will bleed and your eyes will sting, |
| Weet je, ik bedoel, Lilith Sternin - Ik bedoel, zelfs de naam laat je kontspieren verstrakken, weet je wat ik bedoel? | You know, I mean, Lilith Sternin-- I mean, even the name makes the old butt cheeks, uh, tighten up, you know what I mean? |
| Zijn lippen verstrakten. | His lips tightened. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | tesar | English | tighten |
| Esperanto | kuntiri,plistreĉi, streĉiĝi | Finnish | kiristyä, kiristää, tiukentaa, tiuketa |
| French | retendre | German | spannen, straffen, verschärfen |
| Hungarian | feszít, feszül | Icelandic | þrengja |
| Indonesian | memperketat, menegang, mengetatkan | Italian | ritendere, serrarsi, stringere, tendere |
| Japanese | 引き締める | Lithuanian | suglausti |
| Norwegian | stramme, tette | Polish | dociągać, dociągnąć, dociskać, dokręcać, dokręcić, prężyć, przykręcać, zacisnąć |
| Portuguese | apertar | Romanian | strânge |
| Russian | винтить, затягивать, затянуть, подвернуть, подворачивать, стягивать, стянуть | Spanish | apretarse, atesar, atiesar, atirantar |
| Turkish | gerginleştirmek, sıkınmak | Vietnamese | thắt chặt |