| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | mirësoj,përmirësoj | Arabic | تحسن |
| Catalan | millorar | Dutch | verbeteren |
| English | improve | Faroese | batna |
| Finnish | kohentua, parantaa, parantua, parata, tsempata | French | améliorer, perfectionner, s’améliorer |
| German | aufbessern, meliorieren | Greek | βελτιώνομαι, βελτιώνω |
| Hawaiian | hoʻomaikaʻi | Hungarian | javít, javul, megjavít |
| Icelandic | bæta, skána | Indonesian | membaik |
| Italian | migliorare, migliorarsi | Japanese | 改善, 向上, 上達, 進歩 |
| Latvian | uzlabot | Lithuanian | gerinti, pagerėti, pagerinti, pasitaisyti, patobulinti, tobulinti |
| Macedonian | подобри, подобрува, се подобрува | Polish | doskonalić, douczać, polepszać, polepszyć, udoskonalać, udoskonalić, ulepszać, ulepszyć, usprawniać, usprawnić, wydobrzeć |
| Portuguese | melhorar | Romanian | îmbunătăți |
| Russian | улучшать, улучшаться, улучшить, улучшиться | Spanish | mejorarse, perfeccionarse, remendar |
| Swedish | bättra, förbättra, putsa | Thai | กระเตื้อง, เงยหน้าอ้าปาก, ปรับปรุง |
| Turkish | ilerletmek | Vietnamese | cải biến, cải lương, cải thiện, cải tiến |