| Example in Estonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Teise maailmasõja aegu, heljusid nagu sulgpallid Londoni taevas, kaitsmaks meid vaenlase eest. | 'During the blitz of World War II, 'when barrage balloons floated over London 'to protect the nation from enemy aircraft. ' |
| Mul on vaja mu Tiffany patsikummi ja siis võin ma heljuma minna. | I need my tiffany hair band, And then I can go for a float. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | dryf,sweef | Arabic | طفا |
| Dutch | dobberen, drijven, glijden, zweven | English | float |
| Esperanto | flosi, flosigi | Faroese | flóta, floyta |
| Finnish | kellua, kelluttaa, leijailla, lilliä, lillua | French | flotter |
| German | flöhen, flottieren, gleiten, schweben | Hungarian | lebeg |
| Icelandic | fleyta, fljóta | Indonesian | hanyut, melayang, mengambang, mengapung, terkatung-katung |
| Italian | flottare, fluitare, galleggiare | Japanese | 漂う, 浮かぶ, 浮かべる, 浮く, 浮遊 |
| Lithuanian | plūduriuoti | Macedonian | плута |
| Norwegian | flyte, sveve | Polish | rozpisywać, unosić |
| Portuguese | boiar, desencalhar, flutuar | Quechua | tuytuy |
| Romanian | pluti | Spanish | boyar, flotar |
| Swedish | simma | Thai | ลอย |
| Turkish | şamandıralamak | Vietnamese | bềnh bồng, bồng bềnh, lênh đênh, nổi, phao |
