| Example in Estonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Kõigile tasuta dringid. | - I think this sausage is cooked. - Pascal, drinks, please, for everyone. |
| - Lihtsalt jõime mõned dringid. | - Just had a few drinks. |
| - Mine ohutult koju. Oli väga hilja ja ma olin joonud mõned dringid. | It was pretty late, and I'd had a few drinks |
| - Need dringid on maja kulul. | These drinks are on the house. Oh, really? |
| - Kaks venda teevad ühe vaikse dringi. | We'll go to Gonigan's. We'll have a quiet drink between 2 brothers. What d'you say? |
| - Kas ma võin sulle dringi osta? | - Can I buy you a drink? |
| - Kas saaksin ühe dringi? | - Do you mind if I have a drink? |
| Võime kenasti riietuda ja võime tantsida ja drinkida. | We can get dressed up, and we can go dancing and have a drink. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | drink | Arabic | شرب |
| Azeri | içmək | Basque | edan |
| Catalan | beure | Danish | drikke |
| Dutch | drinken,opdrinken, slempen | English | drink |
| Faroese | drekka | Finnish | dokata, juoda, kännätä |
| French | boire | German | saufen, schickern, trinken |
| Greek | πίνω | Hawaiian | inu |
| Hebrew | שתה | Hungarian | iszik, vedel |
| Icelandic | drekka | Indonesian | minum |
| Italian | bere | Japanese | 飲む, 飲酒, 飲用, 喫する |
| Latvian | dzert | Lithuanian | atsigerti, gerti, išgerti, užgerti |
| Macedonian | испие, пие | Malay | minum |
| Maori | inu | Norwegian | drikke |
| Polish | napić, pić, popić, wypić, wypijać | Portuguese | beber |
| Quechua | suq'uy, upyay | Romanian | bea |
| Russian | выпить, допивать, допить, пить, попить | Spanish | beber |
| Swedish | dricka | Thai | ดื่ม |
| Turkish | içmek | Vietnamese | húp, hụp, uống, ương |