| Afrikaans | vryf | Albanian | fërkoj |
| Arabic | حك,دلك, دمم, فرك | Azeri | sürtmək |
| Danish | gnide | English | rub |
| Esperanto | froti | Estonian | hõõrduma |
| Faroese | gníggja | Finnish | hangata, hinkata, kahnata, kehnätä, kihnuttaa, kyhnyttää |
| French | frictionner, frotter, froucheler, frouer, maroufler, récurer | German | reiben, rubbeln |
| Greek | τρίβω | Hungarian | dörzsöl |
| Icelandic | nudda | Indonesian | menggosok, mengusap, oles |
| Italian | arrenare, fregare, fregarsi, frizionare, frizionarsi, sfregare, sfregarsi, soffregare, strofinare, strofinarsi, stropicciare, stropicciarsi, strusciarsi | Japanese | 擦る |
| Latvian | berzēt, berzt | Lithuanian | trinti, trintis |
| Macedonian | истрие, протрие, трие | Maltese | għorok |
| Norwegian | gni, viske | Persian | مالیدن |
| Polish | czochrać, nacierać, natrzeć, pocierać, pomasować, potrzeć, przecierać, rozcierać, trzeć, wetrzeć, wmasować, zaprać | Portuguese | esfregar, friccionar |
| Quechua | thupay | Romanian | freca |
| Russian | натереть, натирать, потереть, потирать, тереть, тереться | Spanish | estregar, friccionar, frotar, frotarse, ludir, refregar, rozarse |
| Swedish | frottera, gnida, gnissla, gnistra, gno | Thai | สี |
| Turkish | günlemek, ovalamak, ovalanmak, ovulmak, ovuşturmak | Vietnamese | xát |
