| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Железо железо острит, и человек изощряет взгляд друга своего. | As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | اقتط,حد, حدد, دبب, سن, سنن, شحذ | Azeri | itiləmək |
| Catalan | agusar | Danish | hvæsse, skærpe, slibe |
| Dutch | aanpunten, aanscherpen, aanvijlen, scherpen, verscherpen | English | sharpen |
| Esperanto | akrigi | Estonian | teravdama, teritama |
| Faroese | eggja | Finnish | tarkentua, tarketa, teroittaa |
| French | affiler, affuter, aiguiser, s’aiguiser, s’aimer, s’airbnbiser, s’ajourner, s’ajouter, s’ajuster, s’alaindeloniser, s’alangourer, s’alanguir | German | anspitzen, spitzen |
| Greek | ακονίζω, ακριβοπουλώ | Hungarian | élesít, fen |
| Italian | acuire, acuirsi, affilare, aguzzare, appuntare, appuntire, arrotare, inacutire, temperare | Japanese | 研ぐ |
| Latvian | trīt | Lithuanian | drožti, galąsti |
| Macedonian | заостри, изостри, наостри, остри | Norwegian | spisse |
| Polish | brusić, naostrzyć, ostrzyc, ostrzyć, podostrzyć, temperować, wyostrzać, wyostrzyć, zatemperować | Portuguese | afiar, afilar, aguçar, amolar |
| Romanian | ascuți | Spanish | afilar, afilarse, agudizar, agudizarse, aguzar |
| Swedish | skärpa, vässa | Thai | เหลา |
| Turkish | bilemek, keskinleşmek, keskinleştirmek, sivrileştirmek |