| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Гром рокотал, когда она смеялась. Глаза полыхнули огнями... И лишь взгляд в них способен был украсть душу. | Thunder roared as she laughed, her eyes red as flames... with a look in them that would steal the soul from a man. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | bramar | Danish | bruse |
| Dutch | briesen,brullen, bulderen | English | roar |
| Estonian | kohisema, kõhisema, mühama | Finnish | karjahtaa, karjaista, karjua, ärjäistä |
| French | rugir | German | röhren |
| Icelandic | belja, hlymja | Indonesian | mengaum |
| Italian | mugghiare, rimbombare, rombare, rugghiare, ruggire | Japanese | 咆哮 |
| Lithuanian | griaudėti, riaumoti | Macedonian | заржи, рика, рикне |
| Norwegian | brøle | Polish | grzmotnąć, huczeć, poryczeć, ryczeć, ryknąć, zaryczeć |
| Portuguese | atroar, rugir | Romanian | răcni, rugi |
| Spanish | bramar, rugir | Thai | กำธร, แผด |
| Turkish | kükremek | Vietnamese | gầm hét, gầm thét |