| Example in Latvian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| — Jūs zināt – tas džeks, ko Bufalo iedzīvotāji ienīst. | This is Scott Wood, you know, the guy Buffalonians love to hate. |
| Man vajadzētu gribēt, lai viņi mani ienīst. | I should want them to hate me. |
| Tu viņu sāc ienīst tikpat, cik mīli. | You start to hate her as much as you love her. |
| "Es tevi ienīstu." | "I hate you. |
| Es ienīstu, ka viņa tā dara. | - I hate it when she does that. |
| Es ienīstu, kad lietas man neklausa. | I hate it when things don't go my way. |
| "Ne mīli, ne ienīsti savu dzīvi; | "Neither love, nor hate thy life; |
| Kādēļ? Tu taču ienīsti karu! | Why, you hate war! |
| Vai tu mani ienīsti? | Do you hate me? |
| Lāsts pār viņiem, mēs ienīstam viņus! | Curse them, we hates them! |
| Abi mani ienīstam. | We both hate me. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | haat | Albanian | urrej,urroj |
| Catalan | odiar | Danish | afsky, hade |
| Dutch | haten | English | hate |
| Estonian | vihkama | Faroese | hata |
| Finnish | vihata | French | haïr |
| German | hassen | Greek | εχθρεύομαι, μισώ |
| Hungarian | gyűlöl, utál | Icelandic | hata |
| Indonesian | benci, membenci | Italian | detestarsi, odiare |
| Japanese | 厭う, 厭悪, 嫌う, 嫌がる, 嫌悪, 憎む, 憎悪 | Lithuanian | neapkęsti, nekęsti |
| Macedonian | мрази | Malay | benci |
| Maltese | bagħad | Maori | mauāhara |
| Norwegian | hate | Persian | کینه ورزیدن |
| Polish | nienawidzić, nienawidzieć, znienawidzić | Portuguese | odiar |
| Quechua | chiqnikuy, chiqniy | Romanian | dușmăni, urî |
| Russian | возненавидеть, ненавидеть | Spanish | aborrecer, odiar |
| Swedish | hata | Thai | เกลียด |
| Vietnamese | cảm thụ, căm ghét, căm hận, căm thù, chán ghét, ghen ghét, ghét, han, hạn, hằn, hẳn, thù |
