| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Aurinko haalistaa paperia! | - Daylight fades paper. |
| Milloin on hyvä hetki haalistaa kuva? | When's a good time to fade out? |
| Säilytämme tätä rasiassa, sillä valo haalistaa sitä. | We have to keep it in this box because light will fade it. That's why it's not on display often. |
| Eihän tämä haalista hiuksiani tai muuta niitä hevosenjouhiksi? | You sure this won't fade out my natural colour and turn it into somethin' horsey? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | zbeh | Arabic | بهت |
| Dutch | verschieten,vervagen | English | fade |
| Esperanto | blankigi, fadi, forvelki | Estonian | koltuma, tuhmuma |
| French | pâlir | German | abbleichen, abblühen, verblassen |
| Greek | ξεθωριάζω | Hungarian | elfakul, fakul, halványul, hervad |
| Italian | sbiadire, sbiadirsi, scolorire, scolorirsi, smorzarsi, stingere | Japanese | 暈ける, 褪せる, 褪める |
| Latvian | dzist | Lithuanian | blukti, išblukinti, nuvysti, vysta |
| Macedonian | избледи, избледува | Norwegian | fade |
| Polish | blaknąć, blednąć, gasnąć, płowieć, spełznąć, spłowieć, wyblaknąć, wypłowieć, zblaknąć | Portuguese | desbotar, esmaecer |
| Romanian | apune | Russian | блёкнуть, выцвести, выцветать, линять, молкнуть, поблёкнуть, слинять |
| Spanish | ajar, descolorarse, desteñir, desteñirse, difuminar, marchitarse | Swedish | förblekna, förklinga, vissna |
| Turkish | soldurmak | Vietnamese | nhoà |