| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Francesco. Aivan kuin Rooma rappeutuu niin myös Maggioren kappelin seinät ovat kallellaan ja rapautuvat | Francesco... the walls of my Cappella Maggiore lean and crumble just as Rome itself is in disrepair. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | forvitre | Dutch | brokkelen,kruimelen, verbrokkelen |
| English | crumble | Esperanto | diserigi, renversiĝi |
| Estonian | peenestuma, pudendama | French | effriter, émietter |
| German | bröseln, zerbröseln | Greek | αποσαθρώνω, καταρρέω |
| Hungarian | morzsolódik, tördel | Indonesian | meremahkan |
| Italian | sbriciolare, sbriciolarsi, sgretolare, sgretolarsi, sminuzzare, smollicare, smollicarsi, smozzicare | Lithuanian | birti, išbirti, trupėti, trupinti |
| Macedonian | дроби, издроби, изрони, рони, се рони | Polish | lasować, łasować, pokruszyć, rozdrabniać, rozkruszać, rozsypywać, skruszeć, ukruszyć |
| Portuguese | esfarelar | Russian | выкрошить, окрошить, осыпаться, рассыпаться |
| Spanish | desmenuzar, desmigajar, desmigajarse, desmigar, desmoronarse | Thai | สลาย |
| Turkish | ufalamak |