| Example in Romanian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Gândesc că aş pofti şi nişte fân. | Me thinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay. |
| Le-am oferit copiilor tăi totul, orice le-ar fi putut pofti inima, dar au ales să plece în lume, punându-şi orbeşte nădejdea în tine. | I offered your children everything- whatever their hearts desired- and they still chose uncertainty because of their blind faith in you. |
| Cei mai mulţi americani poftesc mai multe calorii decât au nevoie, şi se ingraşă. | For most Americans, they desire more calories than they require and they gain weight. |
| Din anume motive, poftesc la ouă de prepeliţă mai mult ca orice altceva. | For some seasons, I desire quails eggs above anything else. |
| Ei tânjesc, ei au dorinţe şi poftesc veşnic. | They ache, they yearn and they desire forever. |
| Şi cu proprietatea mea pot să fac ce poftesc ! | And I can chose to do with my property whatever I so desire! |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | dëshiroj | Arabic | رغب |
| Danish | lyste | Dutch | begeren,verlangen, wensen |
| English | desire | Faroese | lysta |
| French | désirer | German | begehren |
| Greek | επιθυμώ, ποθώ | Hawaiian | ʻiʻini |
| Indonesian | bernafsu, keinginan, kepingin | Italian | appetire |
| Japanese | ほっする, 所望 | Latvian | ilgoties |
| Lithuanian | geisti, pageidauti, panorėti, trokšti | Maltese | xtaq |
| Maori | pīrangi, tūmanako | Norwegian | lyste |
| Polish | pożądać, pragnąć | Russian | изволить |
| Spanish | querer | Swedish | eftersträva, åtrå, åtskilja |
| Thai | ปรารถนา, ปอง, ไฝ่, มุ่งมาด | Vietnamese | ham muốn, ham thích, mong muốn, thèm muốn |