Swedish
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | تعفن | Dutch | rotten,verrotten, wegrotten |
| English | rot | Esperanto | putri |
| Estonian | määnduma | Finnish | lahottaa, mädäntyä, mädättää, mädätä |
| Greek | σαπίζω, ταγγίζω | Hungarian | rohad |
| Icelandic | fúna, rotna | Indonesian | membusuk |
| Italian | marcire | Japanese | 腐る, 腐敗 |
| Lithuanian | supūti | Macedonian | скапе, скапува |
| Norwegian | råtne | Polish | butwieć, gnić, gnoić, murszeć, odgnić, spróchnieć, wygnić, zbutwieć |
| Portuguese | apodrecer | Quechua | ismuy |
| Romanian | putrezi | Russian | гнить, истлевать, истлеть, сгнить, тлеть |
| Spanish | agusanar, empodrecer, pudrir, pudrirse | Vietnamese | thui, thụi |