| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Kaliforniassa kiinteistönvälittäjä somistaa talon, jota myydään. | California. You want to sell your house, your Realtor decorates it. |
| Olisiko meidän aika somistaa uudestaan? | I think it's about-a time we redecorate. |
| Picasso on somistanut Espanjan maailmannäyttelypaviljongin - maalauksella, jossa Saksa pommittaa espanjalaista kylää. | Picasso has decorated the spanish pavilion at the world's fair with a big mural showing the german bombing of a spanish village. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | guarnir | Danish | pynte,smykke |
| Dutch | decoreren, inrichten, opsieren, optuigen, tooien | English | decorate |
| Esperanto | dekoracii, ornami | German | ausschmücken, dekorieren, verzieren, zieren |
| Greek | γαρνίρω, διακοσμώ, κοσμώ, ξομπλιάζω, στολίζω, στομαχιάζω | Hungarian | díszít |
| Icelandic | skreyta, skrýða | Indonesian | menghiasi |
| Italian | addobbare, decorare, ornare, ornarsi, pavesare | Japanese | デコる, 飾り付ける, 飾る, 装飾 |
| Latvian | rotāt | Lithuanian | dabinti, dekoruoti, papuošti, puošti |
| Macedonian | кити, накити, украсува | Maori | whakairo |
| Norwegian | dekorere, pynte | Polish | dekorować, ozdobić, przyozdabiać, przyozdobić, udekorować |
| Portuguese | condecorar | Spanish | decorar, revestir |
| Swedish | dekorera, pynta, pyra, pysa, pyssla | Thai | ตกแต่ง, แต่ง |
| Turkish | süslemek | Vietnamese | trang hoàng, trang trí |