| Example in Swedish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Om vi kivas, blir havet större och båten mindre. | And the more we quarrel and criticize and misunderstand each other... the bigger the ocean gets, and the smaller the boat. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azeri | savaşmaq | Dutch | kiften,kijven, kribben, twisten |
| English | quarrel | Finnish | jahnata, kinata, kärhämöidä, riidellä, torailla |
| French | quereller, querner | German | sich zoffen, zerstreiten |
| Greek | καβγαδίζω, καβουρδίζω, καυτηριάζω, καψαλίζομαι, φιλονικώ, φιλοτιμούμαι, φιλοφρονώ, φκιασιδώνω, φλέγω | Hungarian | veszekedik, veszekszik |
| Icelandic | pexa, þrasa, þrátta, þræta, þvarga | Indonesian | berselisih |
| Italian | altercare, baccagliare, litigare | Latvian | strīdēties |
| Lithuanian | bartis, pyktis, priešgyniauti, susiginčyti | Macedonian | се кара |
| Norwegian | trette | Polish | posprzeczać, ujadać |
| Portuguese | querelar | Romanian | certa |
| Russian | браниться, враждовать, поругаться, поссориться, ссориться | Spanish | quejarse |