| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Nyt tilanne alkaa purkaantua. | And we're starting to see a little bit of unraveling. You noticed it, I noticed it right there. |
| Sanoin, että älä vedä siitä langasta, kaikki kankaat purkaantuvat. | No, I said... Don't start pulling on that string or the whole fabric of our world will unravel. |
| Korjasimmeko pukuni housut kun käänne purkaantui jouluna? | Did we ever get my suit pants fixed after the cuff came unraveled at christmas? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | ontrafelen,uiteenrafelen | English | unravel |
| Esperanto | malimpliki | Faroese | rekja |
| French | déliter, délivrer, détoronner, détricoter | German | aufribbeln |
| Greek | ξηλώνω, ξημερώνω | Italian | dipanare, dipanarsi, districare, sbrogliare, sfioccare, strigare |
| Latvian | atminēt | Lithuanian | atnarplioti, išnarplioti, narplioti |
| Portuguese | desemaranhar, desenlaçar, desfiar, deslindar | Romanian | descurca, desfira, destrăma |
| Russian | разгадать, разгадывать | Spanish | desenmarañar, deshebrar, deshilvanar, desmadejar |
| Swedish | repa upp |