| Part of speech | verb |
|---|
| Afrikaans | lees |
|---|---|
| Albanian | lexoj |
| Catalan | llegir |
| Czech | číst; čísti; přečíst; přednášet |
| Danish | læse |
| Dutch | lezen; aflezen |
| English | read |
| Esperanto | legi |
| Faeroese | lesa |
| Finnish | lukea |
| French | lire |
| German | lesen |
| Hungarian | olvas |
| Icelandic | lesa |
| Jamaican Patois | riid |
| Latin | legere |
| Low German | leasen |
| Luxemburgish | liesen |
| Norwegian | lese |
| Papiamento | lesa |
| Polish | czytać |
| Portuguese | ler |
| Romanian | citi |
| Russian | прочитать; читать |
| Saterland Frisian | leese |
| Scots | read |
| Scottish Gaelic | leugh |
| Spanish | leer |
| Sranan | leysi |
| Swahili | ‐soma |
| Swedish | läsa |
| Thai | อ่าน; อ่านหนังสือ |
| Turkish | okumak |
| Welsh | darllen |
| West Frisian | lêze |