| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | holde | Dutch | vasthouden |
| English | hold | Esperanto | teni |
| Faroese | halda | Finnish | pidellä |
| French | détenir,enfermer, enferrer, renfermer | German | halten, vorhalten |
| Greek | βαστώ, κρατώ, πιάνω, χωρώ | Icelandic | gegna, rúma |
| Indonesian | beranggapan, berpegang, memegang, menahan, mengadakan, menggelar, menggendong, pegang | Italian | detenere, tenere, trattenere |
| Japanese | 催す, 在任, 持つ, 占める, 保有, 留める | Latvian | turēt |
| Lithuanian | laikyti, prilaikyti | Macedonian | држи, одржи |
| Malay | memegang, pegang | Maori | pupuri |
| Norwegian | halda, holde | Polish | chwytać, piastować, potrzymać, przytrzymać, przytrzymywać, trzymać, zmieścić |
| Portuguese | apossar, assenhorear, segurar | Romanian | ține |
| Russian | держать, подержать, придержать, придерживать, придерживаться | Spanish | afianzarse, sostener, sostenerse |
| Swedish | hålla, hålla i | Turkish | tutmak, tutunmak |
| Vietnamese | cầm, giũ, giú, giữ vững, nắm giữ, nín |