| Example in Portuguese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Consigo resistir à vontade de mexericar. | I can resist the urge to gossip. |
| "Não veja nenhum mal, não ouça nenhum mexerico." | See no evil, hear no gossip. |
| - A Gwen estava magoada pelo mexerico. - Pois. | Gwen was hurt by gossip. |
| - Já ouviste o mexerico? | Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Did you hear the gossip? |
| A única coisa que ela gostava mais do que bom mexerico era ser o centro do mexerico. | What? The only thing she loved more than good gossip was being the gossip. |
| Bem, não é o mexerico normal de vizinhos. | Well, that's not your normal neighborly gossip. |
| Ficamos acordados até tarde mexericamos e fazemos barulho. | We'll stayp late and we'll gossip and make s'mores. |
| As pessoas mexericaram... | People have gossiped... |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | xafardejar,xafarotejar | Dutch | kwebbelen, roddelen, rodelen, roderen |
| English | gossip | Esperanto | babilaĉi, klaĉi |
| Estonian | klatšima, lõksutama | Finnish | juoruilla, juoruta |
| French | cancaner | German | tratschen |
| Greek | κουτσομπολεύω, κουτσουλίζω, κουφαίνω, κουφοβράζω, κοφινιάζω, κοχλάζω, κοψομεσιάζω, κοψοχολιάζω, κρατικοποιούμαι, σπερμολογώ, σπιθίζω, σπινθηρίζω, σπιρουνιάζω, σπιρουνίζω, σπλαχνίζομαι, σπληνιάζω, σποριάζω | Icelandic | slúðra |
| Indonesian | bergunjing | Italian | cianciare, pettegolare, spettegolare |
| Latvian | aprunāt | Lithuanian | liežuvauti |
| Polish | plotkować, poplotkować | Russian | насплетничать, сплетничать |
| Spanish | argüendear, chismorrear, comadrear, cotillear | Swedish | skvallra, skvalpa |
| Thai | กระซุบกระซิบ, นินทา | Turkish | dedikodu yapmak |
| Vietnamese | mách lẻo |