| Example in Portuguese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Marilyn procurava-a para ganhar alento e saber o que fazer. | BERNSTElN: Marilyn would look to her for encouragement and for what to do. |
| Se lhes ocurreu que introduzindo umas pequenas mudanças, podería servir para melhorar o comércio exterior, alentando aos investidores estrangeiros. | They thought that making a few little changes, it could serve to improve foreign trade, encouraging foreign investors. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | شج | Catalan | encoratjar,esforçar |
| Dutch | aanmoedigen, animeren, bemoedigen, zwepen | English | encourage |
| Esperanto | kuraĝigi | Estonian | ohutama |
| Finnish | kannustaa, rohkaista | French | encourager |
| German | bestärken, encouragieren, ermutigen | Greek | ενθαρρύνω |
| Hebrew | עודד | Hungarian | bátorít |
| Italian | esortarsi, incoraggiare, invogliare, rinfrancare | Japanese | 鼓舞, 奨励, 働き掛ける, 励ます |
| Lithuanian | drąsinti, padrąsinti | Macedonian | охрабри, охрабрува |
| Norwegian | animere, oppfordre, oppmuntre | Polish | zachęcać, zachęcić |
| Romanian | îmbărbăta, încuraja | Russian | ободрить, ободрять, поощрить, поощрять |
| Spanish | alentar, encorajar, esforzar | Turkish | cesaret vermek, cesaretlendirilmek, cesaretlendirmek |
| Vietnamese | khích lệ, khuyến khích |