| Example in Lithuanian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| 2003 m. gruodžio mėn. Gard’o departamente vėl kilo potvyniai, kurie labai skyrėsi nuo ankstesnių, nes patvino Rona. | In December 2003, Gard was again hit by flooding, although of a very different kind as this time it was the Rhône which flooded. |
| Nuo audros patvino kelias. | The storm has flooded the road. |
| Upė patvino, gerai? | The river flooded, okay? |
| Upė patvino. | The river is flooding. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | غمر | Dutch | inunderen,invalideren, invallen, overspoelen, vollopen, volstromen |
| English | flood | Esperanto | inundi |
| Finnish | tulvia, upottaa | 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 | 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 |