Turkish
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | verbuig | Arabic | لوى |
| Azeri | burmaq | Catalan | torçar,tòrcer |
| Danish | vride | Dutch | ineendraaien, torderen |
| English | twist | Esperanto | tordi |
| Estonian | keerduma | Finnish | vääristellä |
| French | retordre, torsader, tortiller | German | verdrehen, zwirnen |
| Hungarian | csavar | Indonesian | memelintir, memilin, memuntir, menggeliat, puntir |
| Italian | attorcigliare, attorcigliarsi, avviticchiare, avviticchiarsi, contorcere, distorcere, ritorcere, storcere, storcersi, stortare, svergolare, torcere | Japanese | 畝る, 捻る, 拗ける, 捩る |
| Lithuanian | susukti | Macedonian | извитка, изврти |
| Maori | whiri | Norwegian | tvinne |
| Persian | پیچیدن | Polish | pogiąć, przeinaczać, przekręcić, wykręcać, zwichrować |
| Portuguese | torcer | Quechua | kachuy, q'iwiy |
| Russian | закрутиться, закручиваться, крутить, покрутить, скрутить, скручивать | Spanish | torcer, torcerse |
| Swedish | twista | Thai | กระบิด, ตีเกลียว, บิด, เอี้ยว |
| Vietnamese | uẩn khúc, xoắn xuýt |