| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Het zal haar tergen. | - ... it will provoke her. |
| Het is 'n klassieke strategie, je vijand tergen. | Look, it's classic battle strategy to throw one's opponent off his game. He's just trying to provoke you. |
| Ik heb je gezegd dat we hem niet langer mogen tergen. | We must not provoke him further. |
| Ik wil zijn hoofd eraf knallen, niet tergen. | I don't want to provoke him. I want to rip his head off. As do I. |
| Als je me tergt, sta ik niet voor mezelf in. | But if you provoke me, so help me God... |
| Je tergt hem. | You'll provoke it! |
| Ze was tot 't uiterste getergd. | She was provoked, in the extreme. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | provocar | English | provoke |
| Estonian | provotseerima | Finnish | provosoida |
| French | occasionner,provoquer | German | provozieren, verschreien |
| Italian | aizzare, scatenare, suscitare | Japanese | 挑発 |
| Latvian | provocēt | Lithuanian | išprovokuoti |
| Macedonian | провоцира | Norwegian | provosere |
| Polish | jątrzyć, niecierpliwić, prowokować, sprowokować | Portuguese | provocar, suscitar |
| Russian | провоцировать, спровоцировать | Spanish | sucitar, suscitar |
| Swedish | provocera, utmana | Thai | สะกิด |