Vietnamese
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | wil | Albanian | dua |
| Arabic | أراد | Basque | nahi izan |
| Catalan | voler | Dutch | willen |
| English | want | Esperanto | voli |
| Finnish | haluta,hotsittaa, tahtoa | Greek | θέλω |
| Hawaiian | makemake | Hebrew | רצה |
| Hungarian | akar | Indonesian | ingin, mau, menghendaki, mengingini, menginginkan |
| Italian | volere | Japanese | 欲する |
| Latvian | gribēt | Lithuanian | norėti, norėtis |
| Macedonian | сака | Malay | mahu, mau |
| Maltese | ried | Maori | hiahia |
| Norwegian | vilja | Persian | خواستن |
| Polish | chcieć | Portuguese | pretender, querer |
| Quechua | munay | Romanian | vrea |
| Russian | захотеться, хотеть, хотеться | Thai | ต้องราชประสงค์, อยาก |
| Turkish | istemek |