| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Может его следует предостеречь? | - He must be warned. - Don't bother. |
| - Мы должны предостеречь ее. | - We should warn her. |
| - Он хотел предостеречь нас. | It was this, right now. - He wanted to warn us. |
| - Я пытался предостеречь тебя, Дэвид. | I tried to warn you in the bar. |
| - Я пытаюсь предостеречь вас. | - I am trying to warn you. |
| Извините, но утром мой доктор предостерёг от нервных потрясений. | Sorry, only this morning my doctor warned me against sudden shocks. |
| Кто-то предостерёг его. | Somebody warned him. |
| Я бы предостерегла тебя не показывать его. | I would've warned you against it. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ذار | Azeri | xəbərdar etmək |
| Catalan | advertir,prevenir | Danish | advare |
| Dutch | waarschuwen | English | warn |
| Finnish | varoitella, varoittaa | German | verwarnen, warnen |
| Hungarian | figyelmeztet | Icelandic | aðvara |
| Indonesian | memperingatkan | Italian | avvisare |
| Japanese | 警告 | Latvian | brīdināt |
| Lithuanian | perspėti | Macedonian | предупреди |
| Norwegian | advare, varsle, åtvara | Polish | ostrzec, ostrzegać |
| Portuguese | cautelar | Romanian | preveni |
| Spanish | advertir, amonestar | Swedish | varna |
| Turkish | öğütlemek, uyarmak | Vietnamese | cảnh báo, cảnh cáo, cảnh tỉnh |