| Example in Norwegian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Ikke tygg pä gullet, Joseph. | Don't chew on the gold, Joseph. |
| Tygg, tygg, tygg! | Chew, chew, chew! |
| Ikke tygg på den! | Don't chew that. Don't chew. |
| Tygg den opp, tygge den opp og spytte i munnen som en fugleunge. | Chew it up, chew it up and spit in his mouth like a baby bird. |
| Hvis det føles som om du har blitt forgiftet, tygg på en slik. | If you ever feel like you have been poisoned... chew one of these. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | مضغ | Azeri | çeynəmək |
| Catalan | mastegar,masticar | Danish | tygge |
| Dutch | fijnkauwen, kauwen, stukbijten, voorkauwen | English | chew |
| Esperanto | maĉi | Estonian | mäluma, närima, nätsutama |
| Finnish | pureksia | French | macher, mâcher, mâchonner, mordiller |
| German | kauen, zerbeißen, zerkauen | Greek | μασουλίζω, μαστίζω, μαστουριάζω, μασώ, ματαγυρίζω, ματίζω, ματσακονίζω, μεγαλύνω |
| Hungarian | rág | Indonesian | mengunyah |
| Italian | masticare | Japanese | 齧る |
| Lithuanian | kramtyti | Macedonian | изџвака, џвака |
| Polish | pogryźć, przeżuć, rozgryzać, zgryźć, zzuć, zżuć, żuć | Portuguese | mastigar |
| Romanian | mesteca | Russian | жевать, пожевать |
| Spanish | masticar | Swedish | tugga, tukta |
| Thai | ขบฉัน, เคี้ยว | Turkish | çiğnemek, çiğnenmek, çiğnetmek, düşünüp taşınmak |
| Vietnamese | nhai, nhại |