- Albanian: rrëfej (sq)
- Arabic: حَكَى (ḥakā), رَوَى (rawā), قَصَّ (qaṣṣa), سَرَدَ (sarada)
- Egyptian Arabic: يحكي (yeḥki)
- Armenian: պատմել (hy) (patmel)
- Azerbaijani: nəql etmək
- Bashkir: һөйләү (höyləw)
- Basque: kontatu
- Belarusian: раска́зваць impf (raskázvacʹ), расказа́ць pf (raskazácʹ), распавяда́ць impf (raspavjadácʹ), распавесці́ pf (raspavjescí)
- Bengali: বর্ণনা করা (bôrnôna kôra)
- Bulgarian: разка́звам (bg) impf (razkázvam), разка́жа pf (razkáža)
- Burmese: ပြော (my) (prau:), ပြန်ပြော (my) (pranprau:)
- Catalan: narrar (ca), explicar (ca)
- Cebuano: saysay
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 訴說／诉说 (zh) (sùshuō), 敘說／叙说 (zh) (xùshuō), 講／讲 (zh) (jiǎng), 講述／讲述 (zh) (jiǎngshù)
- Czech: vyprávět (cs) pf, vypravovat impf
- Danish: fortælle, berette
- Dutch: verhalen (nl), vertellen (nl)
- Esperanto: rakonti
- Estonian: jutustama
- Finnish: kertoa (fi)
- French: raconter (fr), conter (fr), narrer (fr)
- Georgian: თხრობა (txroba)
- German: erzählen (de)
- Alemannic German: verzele
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (spillōn)
- Greek: διηγούμαι (el) (diigoúmai)
- Ancient: διηγέομαι (diēgéomai)
- Hebrew: יפר \ סִפֵּר (he) (sipér)
- Hindi: सुनाना (hi) (sunānā), बयान करना (bayān karnā), वर्णन करना (varṇan karnā)
- Hungarian: elbeszél (hu), elmond (hu)
- Indonesian: menceritakan (id)
- Ingrian: läätä
- Interlingua: contar, narrar
- Irish: inis
- Italian: raccontare (it), narrare (it)
- Japanese: 物語る (ja) (ものがたる, monogataru), (tell a story) 話をする (はなしをする, hanashi o suru), 教える (ja) (おしえる, oshieru)
- Kazakh: айту (kk) (aitu), әңгімелеу (äñgımeleu), баяндау (baändau), хикаялау (xikaälau)
- Khmer: តំណាល (km) (tɑmnaal), រៀបរាប់ (km) (riəp rŏəp)
- Korean: 이야기하다 (ko) (iyagihada), 말하다 (ko) (malhada), 들려주다 (ko) (deullyeojuda), 이야기를 하다 (iyagireul hada)
- Kyrgyz: баяндоо (ky) (bayandoo)
- Lao: ເລົ່າ (lao), ເລົ່າເຣື່ອງ (lao rư̄ang), ເລົ່າເລື່ອງ (lao lư̄ang), ບັນຍາຍ (ban nyāi)
- Latin: narrō
- Latvian: stāstīt
- Lithuanian: pasakoti
- Macedonian: раскажува impf (raskažuva), раскаже pf (raskaže)
- Malay: menceritakan
- Maore Comorian: utoa, utolea
- Maori: whakataki
- Mongolian: хүүрнэх (mn) (xüürnex), хэлэх (mn) (xelex), өгүүлэх (mn) (ögüülex)
- Neapolitan: cuntà
- Norman: raconter
- Northern Sami: muitalit, máinnastit
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fortelle (no)
- Occitan: narrar (oc)
- Odia: କହିବା (or) (kôhiba)
- Persian: تعریف کردن (ta'rif kardan), نقل کردن (naql kardan)
- Polish: opowiadać (pl) impf, opowiedzieć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: narrar (pt), contar (pt)
- Rapa Nui: hā'aki
- Romanian: povesti (ro), relata (ro), nara (ro)
- Russian: расска́зывать (ru) impf (rasskázyvatʹ), рассказа́ть (ru) pf (rasskazátʹ), пове́дывать (ru) impf (povédyvatʹ) (dated or bookish), пове́дать (ru) pf (povédatʹ) (dated or bookish), повествова́ть (ru) impf (povestvovátʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: при́чати impf, испри́чати pf
- Roman: príčati (sh) impf, ispríčati (sh) pf
- Slovak: rozprávať impf, porozprávať pf
- Slovene: povedati (sl) pf
- Spanish: narrar (es), contar (es)
- Swahili: kueleza (sw)
- Swedish: berätta (sv), förtälja (sv)
- Tajik: ҳикоя кардан (hikoya kardan), нақл кардан (naql kardan)
- Thai: บรรยาย (th) (ban-yaai), พากย์ (th) (pâak), เล่าเรื่อง (lâo-rʉ̂ʉang), เล่าขาน (lâo-kǎan), เล่า (th) (lâo)
- Turkish: anlatmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: розповіда́ти (uk) impf (rozpovidáty), розповісти́ (uk) pf (rozpovistý), розка́зувати impf (rozkázuvaty), розказа́ти pf (rozkazáty)
- Urdu: بیان کرنا (bayān karnā), نقل کرنا (naql karnā)
- Uyghur: بايان قىلماق (bayan qilmaq)
- Uzbek: hikoya qilmoq
- Vietnamese: kể lại (vi), thuật lại
- Welsh: adrodd (cy)
- Yiddish: דערציילן (dertseyln)
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