| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Hän luonnehtii asetta minulle elävän yksityiskohtaisesti. | He describes the gun to me in vivid detail. |
| Muutkin todistajat luonnehtivat rikoskonstaapelia kiihtyneeksi. | Well, other witnesses on the street also described Detective Reagan as... being agitated. |
| Nolanin esimies luonnehti häntä "tappokoneeksi". | In transcripts, his superior officer described Lieutenant Nolan as a "killing machine." |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | وصف | Catalan | descriure |
| Danish | beskrive | Dutch | beschrijven,omschrijven |
| English | describe | Esperanto | priskribi |
| Estonian | joonistama | French | décrire |
| German | beschreiben | Hebrew | תיאר |
| Hungarian | ecsetel, körülír | Indonesian | menggambarkan, paparkan, uraikan |
| Italian | descrivere, descriversi | Japanese | 記述, 形容, 描写 |
| Latvian | aprakstīt, raksturot | Lithuanian | apibūdinti, aprašyti, nusakyti |
| Macedonian | опише, опишува | Maltese | iddeskriva |
| Norwegian | beskrive | Persian | توصیف کردن |
| Polish | opisać | Portuguese | descrever |
| Romanian | descrie | Russian | описать, описывать, охарактеризовать |
| Spanish | calificar, describir | Swedish | beskrifva, beskriva |
| Vietnamese | miêu tả, mô tả, vạch ra |