| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Rumah ambruk? | The house collapsed? |
| Charlie baru saja ambruk. | Charlie has just collapsed. |
| Seluruh desa kami ambruk, dan aku tak menemukan ibuku... dan kini aku tak bisa menemukan pondok nenekku. | Our whole village collapsed, and I couldn't find my mother anywhere, and now I can't find my granny's cottage. |
| Bangunan ini dibangun di atas permafrost dan ambruk karena permafrost-nya melunak. | This building was built on the permafrost and has collapsed as the permafrost thaws. |
| Danny sudah hampir ambruk. | Danny's about to collapse. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | bezwijken,collaberen, ineenzakken, instorten, invouwen, samenklappen, samenvouwen, uitklappen | English | collapse |
| Esperanto | disfali, kolapsi | Estonian | kollabeeruma |
| Finnish | luhistaa, luhistua, lyyhistyä, lyyhistää, romahtaa, romauttaa | French | capoter, écrouter, effondrer, s’écrouler |
| German | einstürzen, kollabieren, zusammenbrechen, zusammenfallen, zusammenstürzen | Greek | αποδιαλύομαι, καταπέφτω |
| Italian | avvallare, crollare, sprofondare, stramazzare | Japanese | 陥没, 虚脱, 決壊, 崩れる, 崩壊, 崩落 |
| Latvian | sagrūt | Lithuanian | nugriūti, sugriūti |
| Norwegian | kollapse | Polish | runąć, upadać, załamać, zapadać, zapaść, zawalić, zwinąć |
| Portuguese | abater, desabar, desmoronar, ruir | Quechua | thuñiy |
| Romanian | prăbuși | Russian | рухнуть |
| Spanish | colapsar, colapsarse, derrumbarse, desplomar, desplomarse | Swedish | kollapsa |
| Thai | ทลาย, พัง, ฟุบ, ยุบ | Turkish | çökermek, yıkılmak |