| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Выступая на собрании с речью, он похвалился партнёрством Узбекистана и США в деле борьбы с терроризмом – а для него война против терроризма равносильна оправданию применения пыток с целью удержать власть. | During a speech at the meeting, he boasted that Uzbekistan was a partner of the United States in the war on terror – and for Karimov the war on terror is tantamount to a license to torture in his quest to remain in power. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azeri | öymək,öyünmək | Dutch | beroemen |
| English | boast | Estonian | hooplema, praalima, uhkustama |
| Finnish | kerskua, mahtailla, retostaa, ylpeillä | French | se targuer, tarifer |
| German | bramarbasieren | Greek | κομπάζω, κομπιάζω, κομπορρημονώ, κονιορτοποιούμαι |
| Hungarian | dicsekszik | Icelandic | grobba, raupa |
| Indonesian | membanggakan | Italian | vanagloriarsi, vantare |
| Japanese | 誇称, 大言壮語, 嘯く | Lithuanian | girtis, pasigirti |
| Polish | blagować, pochlubić | Portuguese | alardear, jactar, vangloriar |
| Quechua | anchaykachay, kumuy | Spanish | alabarse, alardear, encampanarse, presumir, vanagloriarse |
| Swedish | skryta | Turkish | övünç duymak, şişinmek |