| Example in Portuguese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| A cara Duquesa de Truro gaba-o muito, Sir Philip. | The dear Duchess of Truro is full of your praises, Sir Philip. |
| O nosso Embaixador em França gaba muito esta última, embora pareça que ela está meia prometida ao Rei da Escócia. | Our ambassador to France sings the latter's praises, though it seems... she is half promised to the King of Scotland. |
| Vá lá, estou a ser gabado por ser apenas um humano civilizado? | Come now, am I to be overpraised merely for being a civilised human? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | أثنى,حمد, مدح | Catalan | lloar |
| Danish | love, prise, rose | Dutch | prijzen, roemen |
| English | praise | Esperanto | laŭdi |
| Faroese | lova, prísa | Finnish | kehaista, kehua, kiittää, ylistellä, ylistää |
| French | louanger | German | loben, rühmen |
| Greek | εκθειάζω, επαινώ | Hungarian | dicsér |
| Icelandic | hrósa, hæla | Indonesian | memuji, puja |
| Italian | decantare, elogiare, encomiare, lodare, rinomare | Japanese | 讃える, 賛美, 賞賛, 褒める |
| Latvian | slavēt | Lithuanian | girti, liaupsinti, pagirti |
| Macedonian | пофали, фали | Norwegian | love |
| Polish | chwalić, nachwalić, pochwalić, sławić, wychwalać, wysławiać, zachwalać | Romanian | lăuda |
| Russian | восславить, восславлять, славить | Spanish | alabar, elogiar, enaltecer, loar, preconizar |
| Swedish | hylla, hymla, lova, lovorda, prisa, rosa | Thai | เชิดชู, ยกย่อง, สดุดี, สรรเสริญ |
| Vietnamese | ca tụng, khen ngợi, ngợi |