| Example in Polish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| * Czyje serce będziesz gnieść * pod twoimi piętami? | "Whose heart are you going to crush under your heels?" |
| Dostań się poza mną, gnieciesz mojego Marlboros. | Get off me, you're crushing my Marlboros. |
| Tom gnieciesz... | Tom, you're crush-- |
| Krusz, gnieć. | Stack, crushed |
| Nigdy nie gnieć kartek. | Never crush the leaves. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | mase | Dutch | fijnmaken,platdrukken, uitpersen, vergruizelen, verpletten, verpletteren |
| English | crush | Esperanto | disbati, dispremi |
| Faroese | syndra | French | broyer, écrabouiller, piler, pillaver |
| German | abquetschen, abwürgen, zerdrücken, zerficken, zermalmen, zerquetschen | Greek | συντρίβω |
| Icelandic | kremja | Italian | acciaccare, pestare, ripestare, schiacciare, spappolare, stritolare |
| Japanese | 打ち壊す | Lithuanian | gniuždyti, knežinti, smulkinti, sugniuždyti, suknežinti, sutraiškyti, traiškyti |
| Portuguese | esmagar, esmigalhar | Russian | давить, раздавить |
| Spanish | abrumar, apachar, apachurrar, aplastar, chafar, machacar, majar | Swedish | krossa |
| Turkish | ezmek |