| Example in Romanian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| "Când ai să fii bătrân, vei veni la mine, şi pentru fiecare alint pe care mi l-ai dat, îţi voi da o mie." | "When you get old you'll come to me, "and for every caress that you gave me, I will give you a thousand." |
| Eu vreau doar sa te alint, sa am grija de tine, ... sa-ti spun povesti care te-a facut sa adormi langa mine ... increderea in aceasta apropiere ar fi tinut moartea la distanta ... | I only want to caress you, take care of you,... tell you those stories that made you fall asleep at my side... trusting our closeness would keep death at bay... |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | ledhatoj | Catalan | acariciar |
| Dutch | liefkozen | English | caress |
| Esperanto | karesi | Estonian | hellitama,paitama, päitama |
| Faroese | kína | Finnish | hyväillä |
| German | karessieren, kosen | Greek | παραχαϊδεύω, χαϊδεύω |
| Icelandic | kjassa | Indonesian | membelai |
| Italian | accarezzare | Japanese | 愛撫 |
| Lithuanian | glostyti, myluoti, paglostyti, pamyluoti | Macedonian | милува, помилува |
| Persian | نواختن | Polish | pieścić, popieścić |
| Portuguese | blandiciar | Russian | ласкать |
| Spanish | acariciar | Swedish | smeka, smeta, smickra, smida |
| Thai | ลูบ | Turkish | okşamak |
| Vietnamese | mơn trớn, vuốt ve |