| Example in Polish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| "Wyrywa mi kawały mięsa, potem chwyta moją głowę i wyżera mi oczy". | "She tears at my flesh, then holds my head in her hands and eats out my eyes." |
| /Coś nas chwyta. | Some things holds us. |
| /Podnieś tyłek /I chwytaj rytm /Poczekaj chwilę /i podbij tempo | ⪠Now you know you wanna dance ⪠⪠So move, outta your seat ⪠⪠And get a fly girl and catch this beat ⪠⪠While it's rolling, hold on ⪠|
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | holde | Dutch | vasthouden |
| English | hold | Esperanto | teni |
| Estonian | hoidma | Faroese | halda |
| French | détenir,enfermer, enferrer, renfermer | German | halten, vorhalten |
| Greek | βαστώ, κρατώ, πιάνω, χωρώ | Icelandic | gegna, rúma |
| Italian | detenere, tenere, trattenere | Japanese | 催す, 在任, 持つ, 占める, 保有, 留める |
| Latvian | turēt | Lithuanian | laikyti, prilaikyti |
| Norwegian | halda, holde | Portuguese | apossar, assenhorear, segurar |
| Romanian | ține | Russian | держать, подержать, придержать, придерживать, сдержать, удержать, удерживать |
| Spanish | afianzarse, sostener, sostenerse | Swedish | hålla, hålla i |
| Turkish | tutmak, tutunmak |
