| Example in Portuguese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Sim, bem... tal como vós, querido Milus, fui obrigado a atiçar a colmeia para tirar o mel. | Ah, yes, well... like you, sweet Milus, I was forced to stir the hive to get the honey. |
| Tenho de atiçar o lume. | I have to stir up the fire. |
| Seu projeto atiça meu lado de esquerda... feminista, ecológica e liberal. | Your... your project really stirs my lefty, liberal... Female-empowering, hybrid-driving liberal heart, and well, the idea that I could be making money at the same time... it's just too good to pass up, so... |
| - A visita do Embaixador Genet atiçou... um ninho de vespas. | Ambassador Genet's visit has stirred a hornet's nest. |
| Porque o Nelson atiçou o monstro. | Because Nelson stirred the monster. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | حرك | Azeri | bulamaq,tərpənmək |
| Catalan | remenar | Dutch | doorroeren, hitsen, omroeren, roeren |
| English | stir | Esperanto | ekmoviĝi, inciti, kirli, moveti, tremigi |
| Estonian | liigatama | Finnish | hämmentää |
| French | touiller | German | regen |
| Greek | αναδεύω | Hungarian | habar, kavar |
| Icelandic | hræra | Indonesian | aduk, mengaduk, menggegerkan |
| Italian | mestare, rimestare | Lithuanian | krustelėti |
| Macedonian | бранува | Malay | aduk |
| Norwegian | purre, røre | Polish | mącić, rozbełtać, rozczulać, skłócić, zamieszać, zamięszać, zbełtać |
| Russian | мешать, перемешать, перемешивать, шевельнуться, шелохнуть, шелохнуться | Spanish | atizar, rebullir, remover, revolver |
| Thai | กวน, คน | Turkish | heyecana kapılmak, kımıldatmak |
| Vietnamese | khích động |