| Example in Romanian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Într-o dimineaţă de vară am observat femela şi puiul ei... scormonind de-a lungul ţărmului când era reflux. | One summer morning I noticed the female and her cub... rummaging along the shoreline at low tide. |
| Şi ce făcea acolo în spate, scormonind prin tot gunoiu' ăla? | What was he doing back there anyway, rummaging through all that junk? |
| Ştiu că nu plănuiai să-ţi petreci noaptea scormonind prin pubelele murdare de prin toalete. | I know that you weren't planning on spending your night rummaging through filthy garbage bathroom trash cans. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | opsnorren | English | rummage |
| Estonian | tuulama,urgitsema | Finnish | penkoa |
| French | farfouiller, fourgonner | German | grabbeln, stöbern |
| Greek | ανασκαλεύω | Indonesian | menggeledah |
| Italian | ravanare, rimuginare, rovistare | Latvian | kašņāt |
| Lithuanian | kuisti | Macedonian | џбара |
| Polish | gmerać, poszperać, szperać | Portuguese | rebuscar |
| Russian | ковыряться | Swedish | gråna, gräva, rumstera, runda |
| Thai | คุ้ย | Turkish | didik didik aramak |