| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| "Eivät suuret vedet voi rakkautta sammuttaa" - "eivät virrat tulvaansa upottaa." | "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it." |
| - Reaktori on joen alla, - jotta se voidaan upottaa heti turvallisuusuhan sattuessa. | The reactor is beneath the river so it can be instantly flooded in the event of a security breach. |
| -Se upotti hänen veneensä. Vihjaatteko... | That's what flooded the boat and sunk her. |
| Ilman patoa, suuri myrsky upottaisi kaupungin. | And without the barriers, big storms would flood the city. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | غمر | Dutch | inunderen,invalideren, invallen, overspoelen, vollopen, volstromen |
| English | flood | Esperanto | inundi |
| French | flooder, inonder, submerger | German | fluten, überfluten, überschwemmen |
| Greek | πλημμυρίζω, πλιατσικολογώ, πλουμίζω, πλουταίνω, πλουτίζω, ποδίζω, ποιμαίνω | Indonesian | melimbur, membanjiri, mengaliri, menggenangi |
| Italian | allagare, ingolfare, ingolfarsi, inondare | Japanese | 氾濫 |
| Lithuanian | patvinti, tvinti, užtvindyti | Macedonian | поплави |
| Norwegian | oversvømme | Polish | podtopić, zalać, zalewać, zatapiać |
| Portuguese | alagar, floodar, inundar | Romanian | inunda |
| Russian | заливать, залить, затопить, затоплять | Spanish | arriar, empantanar, inundarse |
| Swedish | svämma över, översvämma | Turkish | su basmak |
| Vietnamese | lú, lụt lội, lừ |