| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Antakaa kiehahtaa miedolla lämmöllä - ja sekoitelkaa 5 minuutin ajan. | On low heat bring it to a boil, whisking constantly for 5 minutes. |
| Niinkö käy, kun heidän verensä kiehahtaa? | Is that what happens when their blood boils over? |
| Kahden viikon kuluttua väistämättömät tunteet kiehahtivat. | Finally, after two weeks, the inevitable emotions boiled over. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | دمل,سلق, غلى | Catalan | bullir |
| Danish | koge | Dutch | borrelen, gaarkoken, koken, opkoken, uitkoken, uitkomen, uitkopen |
| English | boil | Esperanto | boli, boligi |
| Estonian | keema, keetma | Faroese | kóka |
| French | bouillir, bouillonner, bouilloter, bouillotter | German | sieden |
| Greek | βράζω | Hungarian | forr, fortyog |
| Indonesian | menanak, mendidih, menjerang, merebus | Italian | bollire, bulicare, lessare |
| Japanese | 煮沸, 沸く, 沸騰, 茹でる | Latvian | varīt, vārīt, vārīties |
| Lithuanian | išvirti, pavirti, privirti, suvirti, užvirti, virinti, virti | Macedonian | врие, свари |
| Malay | didih, rebus | Maori | hū |
| Norwegian | koke | Persian | جوشاندن |
| Polish | odgotować, pogotować, przegotować, przegotowywać, wrzeć, wygotować, wygotowywać, zagotować, zakipieć | Portuguese | ferver |
| Quechua | t'impuchiy, t'impuy | Romanian | clocoti |
| Russian | вскипеть, вскипятить, кипеть, кипятить | Spanish | borbotar, cocer, hervir |
| Swedish | koka | Thai | เดือด, ต้ม |
| Turkish | fokurdatmak, haşlanmak, kaynamak, kaynatılmak, kaynatmak | Vietnamese | luộc, nhót, sôi |